Ex-languages commissioner Fraser says Liberals waited a year to begin search for his replacement

The initial notice about the opening for Graham Fraser's job was posted on Nov. 2, 2016, says the PCO, after his term was originally supposed to end. The application deadline was pushed back to January, a year after Fraser says he flagged the opening.

Former languages commissioner Graham Fraser suggested that the government was slow to begin the process to find a replacement for him, saying it was his 'understanding' the search for a full-time replacement didn't begin 'in earnest' until 2017.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 14, 2017

Graham Fraser says the Liberal government waited until 2017, after he'd already left his extended term as languages commissioner, to really begin the search to replace him, despite being reminded of the impending vacancy a year before, raising renewed concerns about the sluggish pace of governor-i...

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