Professionalism and the lack thereof part II

Last week I blogged about how there is a basic difference between the Liberals and the Conservatives when it comes to playing the Ottawa game.

Here's the latest example.

Yesterday, interim Liberal leader Bill Graham hired the well-respected and well-liked Jane Stewart, former caucus chair, daughter of a former Ontario treasurer, and cleaner-upper of the HRDC mess after Pettigrew left it, to be his Chief of Staff. On the other hand, the Globe and Mail is reporting today that the Tories are handing over the staffing process for Cabinet Ministers to Pierre Poilievre's girlfriend.

I think that speaks for itself.

See below.

Stephen Harper's office has been forced to scramble to find more talent to staff the government after cabinet ministers expressed concerns about the choice of candidates presented to them.

Mr. Harper's chief of staff, Ian Brodie, has called in a Reform Party veteran to help resolve the problem after some ministers rejected recommendations made by transition chief Derek Burney, sources told The Globe and Mail.

The Prime Minister's Office has asked Jenni Byrne, a long-time party worker, to oversee future hirings, as ministers move to find chiefs of staff, policy experts and communications directors.

"They weren't very engaged in it and then all of a sudden they realized what was going on and they started helping and throwing names at us," a senior official said of the PMO's re-engagement.