A few days ago - Sue's Blog wrote a piece on Danny's appointment to Alderon. In that blog I also mentioned others who also ended up under the employ of that mining company.
One of the individuals was Gary Norris former Public Servant - and most recently he held the post of Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to the Cabinet.
From there came a call from Polemic and Paradox - Peter Whittle - that this was a conspiracy piece and challenged the integrity of one Gary Norris.
What my blog did do was list a series of facts. What one draws from the facts is entirely up to the reader.
Gary Norris is now a VP of a publicly traded company operating in Newfoundland and Labrador. His resume is listed under the companies website.
The questions that come to mind for me are the following:
1. Did Gary Norris at any time during his public employ meet with any representative/s of Alderon?
2. Did Gary Norris at any time during his public employ advise the Cabinet or then Premier Danny Williams on matters of mining or energy legislation.
3. Did Gary Norris ever recommend and legislative or public policy initiative that would have been beneficial to a private sector company involved in natural resource development? (that does not assume the legislation would have been inappropriate)
4. Did Gary Norris apply for the job with Alderon - or otherwise did Alderon come looking for Gary Norris? If the latter - how would Alderon been familiar with Gary Norris?
5. Did former Premier Danny Williams ever talk to Alderon executives about Gary Norris for possible employment?
The following questions are also applicable for Todd Burlingame who also ended up at Alderon after a stint with Nalcor as part of the negotiating team for Muskrat Falls.
These are reasonable questions and may or may not be answered as the private sector sees fit. I guess we should also look at rules surrounding former executive level bureaucrats and their entry into the private sector.
When so much power is in the hands of one - rules must certainly be the equalizer.
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