I'm told there is some quiet grumbling in certain Conservative Party circles over the Mulroney-esque nature of the Harper transition team. Some people are apparently unhappy that these people are in charge of the early big decisions -- certain to be some of the most important ones for this government -- when they played little to no role in the campaign victory or in the Conservative Party at all. My response is RELAX! This group of people, in particular Derek Burney, have a wealth of knowledge that, to be candid, no one from the Reform-Canadian Alliance tradition has. Burney knows how to deal with the mandarins in Ottawa. He can put a happy -- not to mention credible -- face on Harper's impending changes. And let's hope there are big changes coming at the bureaucratic level, at least at the highest ranks. Mulroney's failure to clean house was a huge impediment early on to implementing his agenda. (See Appendix C in The Secret Mulroney Tapes.)
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 9:22 AM
