Ding, dong, Caron is gone...

[Posteritatis]

It is a Good Day for heritage in Canada.

OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s National Library and Archives resigned Wednesday, surprising librarians and archivists who say they hope his replacement as the country’s top librarian is a better advocate for the trade.

Daniel Caron landed in hot water with Heritage Minister James Moore this week after it was revealed that he spent nearly $5,000 of taxpayer funds on private Spanish lessons last year.

On Wednesday, the NDP released a document outlining what Heritage critic Pierre Nantel called Caron’s “titanic expenses” over the past two years.

The publicly available figures show Caron expensed $87,000 in each of 2011 and 2012, dwarfing Moore’s own expenses, which averaged $46,000 in each of those years.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Library+head+Daniel+Caron+resigns+expenses+found/8391614/story.html

Between the damage he did to LAC and his general douchebaggery as a person, I'm pretty sure Caron was the most hated person in the Canadian academic world.

When the museum I work at got word of his dismissal, the entire research and collections staff dropped what they were doing and ran out for celebratory drinks this afternoon.