Political ethics and scandals are the forefront of the Canadian political system, as a month rarely passes when the public is not engaged by a new revelation of misbehaviour within the political system. As corruption is directly assimilated within the Canadian political system, as scandals are simply a demonstrable breakdown of politics, in relation to corruption and ethical behaviour. Scandals and corruption are the fundamental backbone of politics as political ethics and scandals are the forefront of the Canadian political system. As the systematic ambiguity can be felt on a global scale, as scandal and politics go hand in hand. The Watergate Scandal of the 1970s is labelled to be one of America’s biggest political scandals. As the scandal
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An investigation code name, “deep-throat” was launched linking the president to the burglars. The involvement within the political scandal had effectively led to resignation of President Nixon, over the fear of being impeached and removed from office for treason (A burglary turns, 2004). As political ethics and scandals is a demonstrable break down of corruption itself, as similar ethical issues have been presented in political scandals in Canada. As the Watergate scandal can be viewed as a precedent for similar cases of corruption and un-ethical behaviour. The Watergate scandal can viewed as a demonstrable breakdown of corruption, as similar scandals within the Canadian political system are clearly evident through the Robo-Gate scandal as both governments committed illegal acts of voter suppression, as well as the Sponsor-Gate scandal which assimilates the misuse of political funds for self gain, and the Senate-Gate scandal which correlates the un-credibility and un-trustworthiness of politicians. The political system had adopted the suffix “gate” as it denotes an “actual or alleged scandal, in correlation to a …show more content…
The Canadian political system has faced numerous cases in correlation to “gate” as the suffix gate, systematically assimilates the relationship between scandal and cover-up. One of Canada’s biggest scandals, in correlation to “gate” was the “Robo- gate” scandal, which has surfaced in the early months of 2011. During the 2011 federal election, several Canadians were contacted by an automated voice messaging system named “Robo-Call”. The automated voice messaging system would provide false and misleading information in regards to poll locations to prominent voters (Robogate,n.d). As this tactics was used to influence the outcome of the election, to ensure all voters were not provided with the correct information. As ambiguity of political camaraderie had surfaced as this tactic was polled to discourage voters from participating in the democratic process, referring to as voter suppression (Robogate,n.d). The notation of voter suppression can be viewed as both as an unethical and illegal act. The misdirection of information in regards to potential voters is a violation of the Canadian rights and freedoms act, as all Canadian citizens have the right to engage in Canada’s political process. A strong positive correlation can
An investigation code name, “deep-throat” was launched linking the president to the burglars. The involvement within the political scandal had effectively led to resignation of President Nixon, over the fear of being impeached and removed from office for treason (A burglary turns, 2004). As political ethics and scandals is a demonstrable break down of corruption itself, as similar ethical issues have been presented in political scandals in Canada. As the Watergate scandal can be viewed as a precedent for similar cases of corruption and un-ethical behaviour. The Watergate scandal can viewed as a demonstrable breakdown of corruption, as similar scandals within the Canadian political system are clearly evident through the Robo-Gate scandal as both governments committed illegal acts of voter suppression, as well as the Sponsor-Gate scandal which assimilates the misuse of political funds for self gain, and the Senate-Gate scandal which correlates the un-credibility and un-trustworthiness of politicians. The political system had adopted the suffix “gate” as it denotes an “actual or alleged scandal, in correlation to a …show more content…
The Canadian political system has faced numerous cases in correlation to “gate” as the suffix gate, systematically assimilates the relationship between scandal and cover-up. One of Canada’s biggest scandals, in correlation to “gate” was the “Robo- gate” scandal, which has surfaced in the early months of 2011. During the 2011 federal election, several Canadians were contacted by an automated voice messaging system named “Robo-Call”. The automated voice messaging system would provide false and misleading information in regards to poll locations to prominent voters (Robogate,n.d). As this tactics was used to influence the outcome of the election, to ensure all voters were not provided with the correct information. As ambiguity of political camaraderie had surfaced as this tactic was polled to discourage voters from participating in the democratic process, referring to as voter suppression (Robogate,n.d). The notation of voter suppression can be viewed as both as an unethical and illegal act. The misdirection of information in regards to potential voters is a violation of the Canadian rights and freedoms act, as all Canadian citizens have the right to engage in Canada’s political process. A strong positive correlation can