PM slammed by critics for patronage appointments

NDP MP Pat Martin calls PM's appointments process 'pure political pork.'

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recent appointment of two former MPs to top government posts is rekindling criticism of his failure to keep a 2006 campaign promise to curb patronage.

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