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Heather Foley Melvin was hand-picked right after last spring's election to head up Nova Scotia's new energy conservation agency by Premier Fiddler. She was in fact hand-picked without a formal competition, which under normal circumstances would imply astounding "lucky to have her at any price" qualities. In her case, that price is a $131,000 pa three year contract with the provincial government - pretty nice walkin' about change in a burg like Halifax. You might even be able to unpack your suitcase on the peninsula!

And the qualities? Well, it goes without saying that her background as a Mazda Canada regional manager makes her uniquely-qualified to run an energy conservation agency. I mean what do graduates from university that wasted their time studying public policy or the environment have to offer over a car salesperson?

Oh, and did I mention that she was also The Fiddler's former Chief of Staff? Yup, she helped him shrink his minority, a conservation effort of sorts, I suppose.

Rodney - word up: this is the kind of shit you pull when you have a majority government. Doing stuff like this makes it less likely that you're going to get the chance to find out, thankfully.

Posted by kevvyd on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 at 1:26 PM | Permalink