If nothing else, we can credit Jane Stewart with good timing. Ms. Stewart who apparently read the tea leaves early on in the Paul Martin ascension, is moving on. The billion dollar lady, remember it was she who inherited that missing billion dollar boondoggle called HRDC, is leaving federal politics.
It's off to the rewarding world of International Labour, as Ms. Stewart takes on a new career opportunity in Switzerland. She has accepted a job with the International Labour Organization in Geneva, a UN agency that specializes in promoting social justice and internationally recognized Human and Labour Rights.
She was apparently first approached with the job offer in December, until then she was busily planning her re-election team, claiming she had full intentions to run again in the next election. A faithful Chretien soldier in the past, she was passed over when Prime Minister Paul Martin put together his recent cabinet. Perhaps she realized that her career peak, was that special time at HRDC, indeed her time there certainly could be considered a definitive career moment. So now it's on to other bureacracies, new endeavours, time to spread her wings.
Her departure comes as yet another scandal nips at the heels of the Federal Liberals, drawing attention to past events. It gives us all a chance to revisit that special time at HRDC, where they mis-managed over one billion dollars. The halcyon days of boondoggles.
As she leaves the federal stage, she was asked if she might one day return to elected politics. In her reply, she offers this interesting turn of phrase: "I've never been very good about planning....."
One must know one's limitations!
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