It is probably a little unfair but if it takes three, so be it. They are showing us how weak prime minister Justin Trudeau is by comparison. With Chrystia Freeland, Anita Anand and Mélanie Joli running things in Canada, Justin Trudeau can go back to his world travels. And all he gets is the credit for recognizing their talents.
With Freeland in finance and backing up the prime minister, Anand taking command of our armed forces and Joli being the face of foreign affairs, our government has an opportunity to show what it can be. We can be progressive and sensitive to the needs of this world in which we live. These three cabinet members have an opportunity to hit home runs for Team Canada.
The challenge for the finance minister is to look beyond the pandemic and see where Canada needs to head in the future. Our country can accommodate almost doubling our population in the next 50 years. It will be a land of electricity and nitrogen fueled trains, planes and automobiles. We have the land to feed us all, the resources to build our future and the will to make it happen. Freeland has to understand that future.
The toughest job goes to Anita Anand. In the years ahead, Canada needs to look strong and be strong. The realization has to be that we do not need a military person to imagine the military of the future. Our military has to multi-task. It does not require two per cent of our gross domestic product to protect and serve our nation and our commitment to our world. Our military needs to be versatile, dedicated and provide a career opportunity for people who want to serve their country. They are not cannon fodder but a resource.
Mélanie Joli is to be envied. She is so well suited to her role. She faces the world from Canada with the knowledge that relationships are what the world understands. Freeland and Joli can team well in the face of the Ukrainian crisis. Freeland has the on-the-ground experience with the principles in Kiev and Moscow, leaving Joli free to work with Canada’s NATO allies. At a time of world crisis, the teamwork of the three can make us proud.
It looks as though the liberal party does not need to worry about future leadership. People such as these three can offer solutions.
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