Liberal government’s new public appointment process fails to improve system, says Conacher

But Alex Marland says he doesn't see a problem with cabinet having discretion over appointments as it's accountable to Parliament and has a government to run.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The new Liberal government announced a new process for governor in council appointments in February. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright.

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 6, 2016

By keeping ultimate discretion over public appointments in the hands of the prime minister and cabinet, the new process for naming governor in council appointees, introduced by the Liberal government in February, fails as it continues to leave the door open for cronyism, says Duff Conacher, co-found...

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