I get where you guys are coming from but let break things down a bit. Forget that the author of the article seems a bit biased. Forget also that she chooses to quote a Liberal senator for reaction, the guy who was Chretien's chief of staff no less.
First off, the government makes appointments all the time. I don't particularly like the appointment process but there are lots of them every year, I don't have exact numbers but it's probably well into the thousands so 49 appointments is kind of a drop in the bucket and pretty much business as usual. Many appointments are renewed early, same as any job contracts get extended.
How many of the 49 appointments were made in the run up to the election?
With what's left, how many of those aren't instantly replaceable by the new government?
Of what's left how many of those even need to be replaced and aren't doing a good job?
I'm guessing what is left over is a handful of people and they can still be replaced just the government may have to pay them some severance.
I'd prefer the appointment process was done differently but I have no idea how it could be done better. Even if you take the power away from the government someone would still be picking these people.
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