FROM ISSUE NUMBER 62 - WINTER 1981 GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS
Hot Potatoes
WHY do presidents, prime ministers, department and ministry chiefs appoint commissions to examine and make recommendations on controversial public questions? It cannot be that they lack the manpower to carry out internal studies, or the funds to retain consultants. Surely it isn’t that they expect sensational ideas and solutions to emerge from a purposefully heterogeneous group of citizens.
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