Letter to the Editor concerning Stephane Dion

Re: “Dion’s the leader, but who’s in charge?”, by Jane Taber, The Globe and Mail, Monday April 23, 2007

I’d like to offer a view of Stéphane Dion’s management skills from a different vantage point. I once had the privilege of being welcomed into a policy session with Mr. Dion and his advisors. The meeting reminded me very much of a senior professor in charge of his research group, or a business executive running a boardroom meeting. Setting the agenda, assigning tasks, reminding people of past experiences, pushing people to make improvements and maintain high standards, reconciling disagreements, and fixing deadlines: these are what I saw Mr. Dion do. I believe that Stéphane Dion is in charge when it comes to the most important thing for Canadians: what a Dion government would do for Canada.