Globe and Mail: Harper signals bold change of pace with Bay Street chief of staff

[tuvor]

By choosing Bay Street executive Nigel Wright as his next chief of staff, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a bold political risk: selecting a right-hand man with little political or election campaign experience, but who has one of the finest business minds in the country.

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But Mr. Wright is a dealmaker, one of the best around. At Onex Corp, a well-known Toronto investment firm, he specialized in purchasing underperforming or undervalued assets in industries such as aerospace, whipping them into shape then selling them for a profit. He was considered a prime contender to replace Onex founder Gerald Schwartz, should he ever retire.

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The appointment may raise some eyebrows among the more ideologically fervent members of the party. The Conservatives railed against “Toronto elites” trying to tell the rest of the country what to do, during the fight over the long-gun registry.

But they don't come more Toronto or more elite than Nigel Wright, with his Trinity College degree and his Bay Street office address.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-signals-bold-change-of-pace-with-bay-street-chief-of-staff/article1725151/

[CHIMO]

1. Elites

Hm.. Baird.

What's the sport of Kings?

[daleo]

2. He picked a rich businessman for an advisor

What a bold move for a Conservative.