What do I think of the public appointments commission proposal? I think it's a potentially viable solution to the dilemma, although it strikes me as somewhat odd that there would be all this process and input into the appointments end of things without any input into the removal. It strikes me that unless you extend the scope of this legislation to governing both the appointment and the removal of Governor in Council appointees, public office-holders, all of the good intentions and everything that might be positive within the legislation could be thwarted by a decision made by the Governor in Council to remove the office-holder.
On March 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.