Executive at centre of patronage storm joins public service
A senior executive whose appointment to a now-defunct federal Crown Corporation was under scrutiny because of apparent patronage is now a full-time public servant.
And in his new department, Robert MacLean, who has close Conservative ties and worked for Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation, is protected from further investigation.
Atlantic Liberal MPs tried to block him and another ECBC official, Allan Murphy, who had worked for federal Nova Scotia cabinet minister Peter MacKay, from becoming public servants, arguing their appointments were tainted. The Liberals were not successful.
All ECBC employees, including Mr. MacLean, slipped seamlessly into the public service last week when the Crown Corporation was subsumed by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Mr. MacLean is now working for Public Works and Government Services Canada, which took some ECBC employees.
Mr. Murphy left ECBC just prior to its dissolution last week, according to an ACOA official.
ECBC had been under fire after the Liberal MPs complained about its hiring practices, accusing CEO John Lynn of appointing four well-connected Conservatives to positions without subjecting them to a competitive hiring process.
The complaints led to a year-long investigation by federal Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion. In his report, released last month, he found that Mr. Lynn’s actions were “not only unfair, but also improper, and they do not stand up to the test of public scrutiny.”
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