PCO did not respond to a series of questions on the change in salary by deadline.Ethics commissioner frustrated by Liberals' lapses: 'Act has been there for 17 years, for God’s sake'
In an interview during his last week in office, Dion lambasted the government for failing to take ethics seriously.Article content Robert Shepherd, professor at Carleton University’s School of Public Police and Administration, says it’s hard to explain why the government suddenly felt the need to significantly cut the ethics commissioner’s job. He suspects it was a “technocratic” decision by PCO to bring the salary in line with some other officers of Parliament.Article content
The law states eligible candidates must either be former judges or members of a federal or provincial board, commission or tribunal with relevant experience. “The optics of this is that ‘We’re just not attaching as much importance to the place as we did before,’ ” he said.relating to the ethics commissioner office, this time over the fact that the interim head they nominated earlier this week, Martine Richard, is the sister-in-law of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
“If there is any office in the country that understands how to manage conflicts of interest and ethical perception issues, it is that office there that has always done exceptional work at ensuring the confidence of Canadians,” Trudeau said.
They'll work twice as hard with the current government.
Lol
If the advertised salary is $110K LESS than other commissioners were paid, what that is really saying is that the position has ALWAYS been grossly over-paid. Let's knock another $50K off the salary.
Why wasn't the salary dropped for the Interim Commissioner, if it is being dropped for anyone requiring the same credentials that applies for the position. Just another example of the appearance of conflict attaching to this interim appointment made by Trudeau Cabinet where…
Responsibilities include 1. Handing out 200.00 fines to politicians who make 300k. 2.Pretending you are unbiased even though they control you. 3. Accepting the most ridiculous excuses for cheating and lying while keeping a straight face. More to follow.
The last thing Justin Trudeau wants is an ethics commissioner who takes their job seriously.
All of a sudden the national post is worried about a public servant making too little money.
Job Ad : liberal party are tired of being found guilty of ethnic violations. We are looking for a liberal family friend or relative to help us fix this. Salary high and wicked benefits.
The job is worthless anyway. Lets do a National Citizens Coalition position NatCitizens
I’ll do it for expenses!
The one salary in government that goes down instead of up lol
Typical. Women keep voting for it tho, so i guess we're all screwed.
Who is going to watch the ethics commissioner
Obviously the government doesn’t want anyone who’s truly qualified
covid is a fake scam psyop
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