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Monday, April 12, 2004
Surprise, surprise file #3,428,791
The Edmonton Journal reports that in the last year 90 political aides to the Liberals have bypassed the usual application process to attain senior public service jobs as part of a "priority consideration" policy; in recent years, the number of political hacks parachuting into senior jobs through this system has averaged 39 even though a report suggested that priority consideratoin be scrapped. The Conservatives accuse Martin of ignoring the report as a way of getting rid of Chretien's people so they can be replaced by his own supporters. (This probably explains why the doubling of such applications in 2003/2004.)
None of this is surprising, including the following, which is prototypical Liberal behaviour: "One of the most high-profile examples of political aides crossing over into the public service is Pierre Tremblay, who in 1999 left his job as chief of staff to then-public works minister Alfonso Gagliano to take over from Chuck Guite as the executive director of the federal sponsorship program." It seems that what most Canadians consider scandalous behaviour, the government considering normal operating procedure.
Posted by Paul Tuns on April 12, 2004 in Canadian Politics | Permalink
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