Top bureaucrats objected to government ad campaign, sources say
The Canadian Press
Oct 10, 2009 11:01
OTTAWA. A partisan government advertising campaign paid for by taxpayers raised alarms from the outset among senior public servants who serve Prime Minister Stephen Harper, The Canadian Press has learned.
The Privy Council Office, the non-partisan bureaucratic arm of the Prime Minister's Office, has never been comfortable administering the website for the Economic Action Plan and informed Harper of its misgivings at the time of last January's federal budget.
Those misgivings were heard, but overruled.
While the story is being denied by both PCO and PMO, the extraordinary claim originates from several sources within the famously discreet Privy Council Office.
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9 comments:
I feel sorry for them, if Harper finds out who they are. No freedom of speech around him... or protection for whistle blowers.
Wonder if this is tied to the Lynch departure.
Gee - anonymous sources huh?
Or is there a former privy council staffer named Khan who now works for the Liberals who might have the gonads to admit to his own partisan quote?
Marie,
Good point. Anonymous sources are dangerous. I doubt it's Khan but it might be someone with an agenda.
Marie, did you mean Kevin Chan,
left the government PCO to work for Libs?
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090115/Ignatieff_chan_090115/20090115?hub=Politics
but it might be someone with an agenda.
You believe this and yet you are still comfortable using "the truth" in your headline....
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it does not matter what the government does crooked or not..they have Sheila Fraser on their team...so all they do ...is good.
Platty -- Thinking back I might change the title based on Marie's comment -- but I ain't gonna change it now it's posted! Cheers
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