Why make it harder for exempt staff to join the public service?

Without any consultation on public discussion, Mario Dion erected a significant new barrier to exempt staff in ministers' offices joining the public service.

Recently, Mario Dion, the commissioner of conflict of interest and ethics, quietly made a ruling that is truly astonishing. Without any consultation or public discussion, he erected a significant new barrier to exempt staff in ministers’ offices joining the public service, writes Geoff Norquay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GEOFF NORQUAY

June 10, 2019

OTTAWA—Recently, Mario Dion, the commissioner of conflict of interest and ethics, quietly made a ruling that is truly astonishing. Without any consultation or public discussion, he erected a significant new barrier to exempt staff in ministers’ offices joining the public service. People seek jo...

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