Jean Pelletier, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, emphatically denied
today the Right Honourable Joe Clark’s allegation that he recommended an
executive search firm to staff at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC):
"Mr. Clark is mistaken. I never spoke to anyone at the BDC about
hiring an executive search firm. Mr. Clark has said his questions on the BDC
represent a fishing expedition. As a former Prime Minister, I would expect
him to ask questions based on fact, not innuendo and guesswork."
Decisions concerning the hiring of staff below the level of President at the
BDC are the responsibility of the BDC itself.
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