The List Grows - Will We put Up with It?
What I fail to understand is the response to head office attacks on government underlings and arms-length officials that everyone seems to assume will be forthcoming. The press and the pundits are automatically concluding that all the deputy ministers are keeping their heads down, that a chill will run down the spine of all the heads of arms-length institutions, that bureaucrats will be cowed. Surely we think more of our fellow Canadians than that. Why do we not assume that they will continue to stand up to Mr. H., that they will continue to fight, and that Canadians will vote out the dictatorial types? The list will get longer and longer: the auditor at Environment Canada, the Ethics Commissioner, the old head of Elections Canada and the new one, the head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission!!! - who have I forgotten?
posted by Susan at 8:11 AM
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I forgot the head of the Wheat Board - any others?
The civil service is packed full of Liberal appointees and drags its feet against this government at every turn. I think alot of Canadians are aware of this reality.
You think current events are something, wait til Mr Harper gets his majority...the purge of the civil service will be epic. I for one welcome this.
Wow Anonymous, I don't know where to start. I would say the civil service is packed full of competent officials that have made this country one of the envied countries in the world and if they become all partisan con puppets (not known for their grey matter or their guts) the country will just be another corporate banana republic. Why don't you come out of hiding and identify yourself?
Information Minister John Reid is another one.
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