Olivia Chow at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On February 16th, 2012. See this statement in context.

February 16th, 2012 / 10 a.m.

NDP

Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON

I'm about to.

To continue:

The Commission will provide the necessary oversight to ensure that the selection of individuals is based on merit and is done in an open and transparent way.

Now, Mr. Chairman, since we no longer have this commission, there's really no way for anyone to “provide the necessary oversight to ensure that the selection of individuals is based on merit and is done in an open and transparent way”.

If these appointments are done in an open and transparent way and are based on merit, then there is nothing to hide. Allow us to bring them here to the committee.

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