Stop the insanity, time for federal legislators to cultivate and attract high-calibre candidates

Hill media bear some responsibility with the Ottawa notebook fixation on inundating the public with political gossip instead of covering issues that actually matter to Canadians.

TORONTO—The authority to appoint large numbers of people to various positions is one of the many levers of power available to any prime minister. From ministers and their deputies to senators and Supreme Court judges, the Prime Minister's Office (which currently has a five member Appointmen...

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