A bit of a surprise here — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has just nominated Graham Fraser (left), a national affairs writer with the Toronto Star’s Ottawa bureau, to be the next Commissioner of Official Languages.
I particularly liked this line from the PMO press release: “Graham Fraser … will bring to the position a deep understanding of and sensitivity to Canada’s linguistic duality … as well as the independence of mind of a journalist.” (My emphasis added). Apparently the PMO thinks we’re good for something.
Among other things, Fraser is a former Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Globe and Mail and, last spring, published his latest book, Sorry I Don’t Speak French.
Well look at this way David. There is one less member of the Ottawa press gallery to deal with. Who says Harper is not a great strategist and tactician?