Meilleur nomination stokes fear of watchdogs on leashes

There is little that is arm's length in the process that has Madeleine Meilleur nominated as official languages commissioner.

Madeleine Meilleur has been nominated for the position of official languages commissioner, and Chantal Hébert writes that she is not coming across as a non-partisan choice.Photograph courtesy of Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

May 29, 2017

MONTREAL—At this time last year, Madeleine Meilleur was a long-serving cabinet minister in the Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne. Over her 13 years at Queen's Park she held a number of portfolios under two premiers. Her initial time in the legislature coincided with the Ontario tenure of both o...

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