Mr. Speaker, it is not about Madeleine Meilleur's integrity or her experience; it is about a fake consultation process.
The Prime Minister has just chosen a Liberal minister to be the official languages commissioner. Ms. Meilleur wanted to be a senator, but the Prime Minister made it clear that he preferred her to be commissioner.
We learned today that Gerald Butts, the Prime Minister's principal secretary, had contacted Ms. Meilleur previously.
What right do Gerald Butts and Katie Telford have to interfere in this so-called non-partisan appointment process?