Mr. Speaker, I have said it before and I will say it again: “Who you know in the PMO is not merit”.
Despite clear rules that board chairs are not supposed to engage in political activities, it is reported that at least $37,000 was donated to the Conservative Party from members of the soon-to-be defunct EI board of referees. Instead of punishing their appointees for breaking the rules, the Conservatives rewarded some of them with yet another plum patronage appointment to the Social Security Tribunal.
When will the government do the right thing, instruct the Conservative Party to pay back the illegal donations and stop the gravy train?