Assistant Deputy Minister: Christine Melnick

Christine Melnick: The report of the Manitoba ombudsman into the alleged partisan action of a senior civil servant speaks to the grey areas and blurred lines that make it difficult to offer precise guidelines for appropriate relations between elected officials and administrators. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Then-immigration minister Christine Melnick was at the centre of the storm because it was her assistant deputy minister, Ben Rempel, who invited civil servants and others to the legislature last year to back a government motion on immigration. She said the invitation was not her idea, a falsehood that raised questions about the integrity and political neutrality of her deputy, who was merely following Melnick's orders. DALE CUMMINGS / It does not, however, say a word about the deceit and deception that characterized the conduct of several ministers who dodged, ducked and evaded every question in the legislature about the affair. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.