Stephen Harper Is A Terrible Human Resources Chief

In 2007 Stephen Harper punted from caucus MP Bill Casey, a popular, hard-working, constituency-focussed MP of many years. Why? Because Mr. Casey had the temerity to stand up for his constituents. Casey subsequently ran again as an independent while Conservatives vowed to bring him down. Result? Casey won by a landslide and continues to earn the respect of his constituents to this day, his last day as an MP. Bad staff decision, Mr. Harper, Canadians want more MPs like Bill Casey.

Another bad decision? Stephen Harper appoints to the Senate Mike Duffy, one of the most transparently partisan "journalists" ever to grace the small screen in the history of this country. Mr. Duffy knows nothing of propriety or of fair play. Yesterday Canadians got to see a true reflection of Mike Duffy's persona bubble to the surface. As CanWest's Don Martin wrote today:

Congratulations Senator Mike Duffy, you've finally done it.

With his wild rant on a CBC national politics show this week, the television icon has accomplished the difficult feat of offending all those in his parliamentary orbit -- his former journalistic occupation, the Conservative party, senators, MPs and even the prime minister who appointed him. Don Martin, National Post, November 06, 2009

Martin concluded "Mike Duffy's only value has become that of poster boy for why the Senate needs, at very least, major reform if not outright abolition."

Appointing Duffy to the Senate might have seemed like a good idea to Stephen Harper, but to the rest of Canada Duffy represents everything in politics we want to see less of.

Canada's human resources clerk in chief, Stephen Harper, sure makes some back-assward personnel choices, doesn't he?