It hasn’t been a banner year for the politicos. No wonder politics is falling out of favour. And obstetricians can make more than your member of parliament any day. The ‘nice’ are a damn short list this year.
I’d like to start with the nice group but premier John Horgan of B.C. stepped down last month. His replacement John Eby looks like a good guy, so let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. I think of them as bookends for my country, because I have only heard good things about Andrew Furey, premier in Newfoundland and Labrador. And then things start going down hill.
When I wrote the other day about some ghosts and other members of parliament (including senators), you might have thought I only liked dead politicians. When you have lived as long as I, you really have to read the obituaries to see who is left.
But I seriously wonder sometimes about the overall intelligence level of the federal cabinet—starting with their leader. I am not sure I should name the liberals who could do a better job. I hardly want to get them in trouble.
Justin Trudeau has been reassuring them that he wants to stay for the next election. It seems to be more of a threat than a promise.
What saves Justin Trudeau is that conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is so deep in the ‘naughty’ list that he might never see the light of day.
I almost feel sorry for NDP leader MP Jagmeet Singh. His aspirations to leadership are something of a joke. Jagmeet is a second banana at best. I like the way he keeps Justin’s nose to the grindstone. (And, before I get into trouble for something racist—a second banana is an old vaudeville term for the person who plays the foil for the lead comedian’s jokes,)
But we need a third list for the disappointing such as finance minister and deputy prime minister, MP Chystia Freeland. What little she knows about politics, finance and running a country such as Canada is even less than Justin Trudeau.
High on the naughty list this year are that pair of jokers, François Legault in Quebec and Doug Ford in Ontario. If our provincial voters realized the damage these people can do in their respective provinces, they would never vote for them. And as for that woman, Danielle Smith in Alberta, please tell me she is just a joke.
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