OTTAWA — The administrative wing of the Prime Minister's Office says it has new procedures for vetting federal appointees following concerns it failed to search online posts made by the incoming head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
OTTAWA — The administrative wing of the Prime Minister's Office says it has new procedures for vetting federal appointees following concerns it failed to search online posts made by the incoming head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.After his appointment was announced Jewish organizations raised concerns about the screening process and posts he had made about Israel while he was attending graduate school under a different name almost a decade ago.
A spokesman for the Privy Council Office, which is responsible for vetting appointments, now says there was an"administrative oversight" during the vetting process before Dattani's appointment.
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