Feds shelled out $1.1M to headhunters to search for government appointees in 2017

Top spenders include the Privy Council Office, which oversees a new appointments system, and Infrastructure Canada through its work to staff up the Infrastructure Bank.

Newly released documents show the Liberal government spent $1.1-million to headhunt for at least 48 executive positions last year, including a combined $111,000 for three recently named positions, pictured from left: chief science adviser Mona Nemer, ethics commissioner Mario Dion, and lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 5, 2018

Eight departments shelled out more than $1.1-million in 2017 on headhunting services to make some long-awaited appointments as part of the Liberals' new approach to filling executive posts, documents show. Those fees helped fill...

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