New Conservative Government

Meanwhile, here in Canada the electorate has sent a minority Conservative government to Ottawa. This government has promised an accountability act. Great idea. A limited idea, but a great start.
During one of my classes a participant remarked that we should have some sort of a government body that holds a winning party accountable for what it promised during the election campaign. Even better idea.
I tried to broaden the scope of the argument but we ran out of time and had to return to curriculum, but the idea remained with me because this current of a system of accountability ran through most of the classes. The political climate at the time was dominated by the Gomery Inquiry and this led to discussions about accountability.
As far as I am concerned we should indeed have an institution within government, with which all parties' election platforms are registered. This body would then hold the winning party to its election promises and would prevent government from instituting whatever it opposed during the election campaign.
I know that at this point it all sounds a bit murky, but hopefully we can develop the idea as we go along. I believe that this is an idea whose time has come, an idea that hopefully will restore citizens interest and faith in electoral politics.