Then I suppose there would be a rule that one may only hire strangers, and there is no such rule. In fact, I think most of us, in our experience, certainly in my experience in private practice for many years, in the government of the Province of Ontario in cabinet for many years, and here in the federal government is that people of all parties tend to look to people they know, who they trust, whose track record they know before they hire them. Certainly if they have someone in that category, they tend to hire them before they hire someone who is not known to them and whose track record and trustworthiness are not known to them.
On May 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.