Political Details: Ministerial Offices

Partisan Purposes Dept: So Canadians got a peek into how the Harper government does business – in particular, the immense emphasis it places on advertising and its almost manic devotion to spin, photo ops and messaging, according to Globe And Mail. Part of the reason so many rookies abound is the government’s own fault. The Accountability Act, the most overwrought piece of legislation of our times, precluded anyone who worked in government from dealing with government for five years after leaving. The predictable result was to scare away almost anyone with knowledge and experience in government. The vacuum was accordingly filled by people wet behind the ears and mr. Kenney apologized and the aide was fired, since parliamentary letterhead should not be used for such partisan purposes although anyone not born yesterday knows a grey zone exists between the parliamentary and the political . Details aside, what if the aide had not inadvertently sent the letter to an NDP MP? No one would have ever known about the transgression. But the episode was revealing for other reasons. The “mistake” was made by a young aide, of whom there are dozens and dozens swarming around ministerial offices, many of them ideologically fervent but administratively inexperienced. As reported in the news.
@t globe and mail, photo ops