Mr. Speaker, the current policy, which they operate on, allows any Cabinet Member to bring forward recommendations for appointments, and it has been used quite generously in the past and there's no way of suggesting it isn't going to be used generously in the future. That said -- but there's no transparency on what it does. And to get to the question in the context of the point, at least there's a public process for when the public service goes through a regular hiring process. That said, there's no public transparency on the number of people they hire or who they hire or when they hire. That's the transparency I'm asking for.
Robert Hawkins on Question 20-20(1): Direct Appointment Transparency
In the Legislative Assembly on February 7th, 2024. See this statement in context.
Question 20-20(1): Direct Appointment Transparency
Oral Questions
February 7th, 2024
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