House clerk selection process wrongly attacked

It is in the government’s best interest to appoint a competent and impartial clerk. We don’t have an American-style Congress which operates as a fully autonomous institution independent of the executive.
Charles Robert, former clerk of the House of Commons, recently retired after working nearly 42 years on the Hill.

I have been both shocked and profoundly disappointed by the criticisms expressed by former clerks Robert Marleau

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