Statement made on 04 November 2010 by Senator Catherine Callbeck
Hon. Catherine S. Callbeck:
Honourable senators, my question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate.
In the March 2009 status report of the Auditor General, she discussed the federal government's process of making Governor-in-Council appointments to small federal entities. One of these was the Canadian Polar Commission. The CPC is an important commission that monitors, promotes and disseminates knowledge of the polar region; enhances Canada's international profile as a circumpolar nation; and recommends polar science direction policy to the government.
In her report, the Auditor General pointed out that the only position filled in this commission is that of executive director. The entire board of directors has been vacant since 2008. Here we are, more than a year after that Auditor General's report, and the government has still not moved to fill any of those seats on the board.
Why has this government not appointed directors to this important board?
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