What an ignorant comment

On October 29, 2009 in the Toronto Star, their editorial page writer, Haroon Siddiqui wrote about a distinguished public servant Max Yalden. In the process of lauding Mr. Yalden for his many accomplishments, Mr. Siddiqui wrote the following:

"He used common sense, had a sense of humour and, rare for a bureaucrat, principles."

Well, excuse me, Mr Siddiqui....rare for a bureaucrat to have principles...WTF!! The vast majority of public servants in Canada have strong principles. In your comment, which I can only assume is based on ignorance (or is malicious?), you have slapped in the face the countless dedicated and principled public servants across Canada. These public servants are in their job because they believe in public service, they espouse the principles of public service every day in their actions. I would urge you to read IPAC's Statement of Principles Regarding the Conduct of Public Employees and IPAC's Public Servant's Commitments to acquaint yourself of the principles that public servants follow day in and day out.

All public servants across Canada await your apology.