“Government appointments should be based on merit – not on whoever happens to have recently completed a stint in the Premier’s office.
For years, the Ford government has used the public purse to give cushy jobs to well-connected PC insiders.
Not only does this politicize what’s supposed to be an independent process – it erodes public trust in our system of government.
Greens call on the Ford government to clean up their patronage appointment mess by:
- Fixing the appointments process to include merit-based criteria;
- Standardizing transparency measures;
- Making results of Integrity Commissioner investigations public;
- Adding a public complaints and investigation process;
- Striving for diversity and gender parity;
- Strengthening appointment process for Special Advisors and short-term Advisory Bodies; and
- Establishing a committee to reform the appointments process.”
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