The Gargoyle – Tories unleash torrent of patronage appointments
The Conservative government made 98 patronage appointments over two days last month, filling up federal boards, tribunals and panels in advance of the October election.
At least two failed Conservative candidates number among those receiving government jobs.
On June 18 and 19, cabinet approved the long list of appointees to bodies such as the Immigration and Refugee Board, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Capital Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
It also made 40 judicial appointments, elevating some sitting judges and adding new names to the bench at various levels of courts. Among them was Winnipeg lawyer Regan Thatcher, the son of former Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Colin Thatcher, who was convicted of killing his wife in 1983.
Gary Meschinshnick, the president of the conservative Saskatchewan Party, was named to the Queen’s Bench in the province.
Denise Ghanam, who ran and lost for the federal Tories against New Democrat Joe Comartin in 2008, was named to the Windsor, Ont., port authority.
Troy DeSouza, a Victoria lawyer who thrice ran unsuccessfully for the Conservatives, in 2006, 2008 and 2011, was named a part-time member of the Military Police Complaints Commission.
READ MORE: http://www.canada.com/news/Gargoyle+Harper+Tories+unleash+torrent+patronage+appointments/11194301/story.html
At least two failed Conservative candidates number among those receiving government jobs.
On June 18 and 19, cabinet approved the long list of appointees to bodies such as the Immigration and Refugee Board, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Capital Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
It also made 40 judicial appointments, elevating some sitting judges and adding new names to the bench at various levels of courts. Among them was Winnipeg lawyer Regan Thatcher, the son of former Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Colin Thatcher, who was convicted of killing his wife in 1983.
Gary Meschinshnick, the president of the conservative Saskatchewan Party, was named to the Queen’s Bench in the province.
Denise Ghanam, who ran and lost for the federal Tories against New Democrat Joe Comartin in 2008, was named to the Windsor, Ont., port authority.
Troy DeSouza, a Victoria lawyer who thrice ran unsuccessfully for the Conservatives, in 2006, 2008 and 2011, was named a part-time member of the Military Police Complaints Commission.
READ MORE: http://www.canada.com/news/Gargoyle+Harper+Tories+unleash+torrent+patronage+appointments/11194301/story.html
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