I don't often agree with columnist Martin, but he is right about the Diefenbaker and Harper governments fearing the "a liberalized bureaucracy, media and foreign service."  And with a great deal of justification one might add.  One only needs to look at the number of former senior civil servants who ended up in the Pearson and Trudeau I cabinets .  Add the well known animosity of the elite Ottawa press corp toward Canadian conservatives, and Mr. Martin's point is well taken!