"RCMP Chaos Harper's Fault"

Thank you for that headline CBC. The Commissioner of the RCMP is regarded by his employees as an asshole, which in and of itself constitutes chaos at our national police force, and it is all Stephen Harper's fault... or so the headline asserts. This particular CBC headline was derived from an interview with Liberal Scott Bryson. I suppose Scotty is writing headlines for CBC.ca these days where Kady O'Malley generally sets the agenda. With Taber setting the agenda at the Globe and Kady setting the agenda at CBC.ca, which is more biased? A difficult question to be sure, but worth asking.

The complaints against the bossman refer to him as "verbally abusive" and "insulting", which describes about half of the bosses I have ever had in my life. Over the course of his 3 years on the job, he was subject to the disdain of officers for being a civilian, and thus it is not a surprise that the underlings have turned on the boss. Personally I don't know enough about the man to render a judgment about whether or not he is good at his job. To me the measure of success is not how happy his assistants are, but how effective he is at his job. I do not have the necessary information at my disposal to make that assessment. I will trust the government to evaluate his job performance and make the appropriate decision.