Recommendation 10: The Government should remove the provision in the law and in its policies that enables exempt staff members to be appointed to a position in the public service without competition after having served in a inister’s office for three years.
Gomery spends an inordinate amount of time on Pierre Tremblay, Gagliano's now deceased Top-Dawg/Executive Assistant. Oddly, he does not make too much of Tremblay's time as Gag's EA, but worries about his appointment to the Civil Service at the Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Did I miss something here? I thought the naughtiness occured at PWGSC. What happened at CFIA? Did Tremblay stamp the Canada wordmark on beef, and take a 12% commission? I missed that part.
This recommendation is just plain odd. The civil service is littered with former hacks, I would argue mostly from the last conservative government. Indeed, a few are Deputy Ministers. My God, conservative Deputy Ministers... under a Liberal government? But, but, but...
I am not sure what problem Mr. Gomery is solving. None of the people involved in the Sponsorship scandal were former political assistant who had parachuted into the service.
And just so we are all clear here, priority status does not guarrantee a job. There is still a job search and interview process.
Publius recommendation: This is smoke and mirrors which does not deal with the real problem.
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