Sticks to notes, defers to deputies
I have a feeling that we’ll be seeing much more like this with regards to Belinda’s “performance” as Human Resources Development minister.
“By using pithy catchphrases and deferring questions to her deputies, the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development answered question after pointed question about Canada's employment insurance program, a key function of the sprawling department Stronach has inherited.”
Why, that just about says it all doesn’t it? Isn’t that what government is all about – throw out a few pithy catchphrases and let your deputies answer all the tough questions…and you too can be star!
Isn't that what we expect from Ministers in Government - when confronted with a complicated issue, just spout out a few pithy catchphrases and move on - as long as it makes a good sound bite, who cares?
And then, of course, there was this quote from an earlier article (where Belinda explains why she jumped ship on the Conservatives)…
“Mine is a question of fate and circumstance," she said. "I was having great difficulty lining up with the Bloc to bring down the government at this time.
"I didn't think that was in the national interest . . . I thought unity was at risk."
So in order to save the country she bravely sacrificed herself….to become an instant (if horribly unqualified) cabinet minister. If, as she seems keen on asserting, it was out of such selfless motives that she crossed the floor, could she not have found another way to go about it? If blind ambition was not her true motivation could she not have simply abstained from the vote, or even just voted for the damned budget? Well, no, because doing any of those things would not have allowed her to become a Very, Very important Minister. Why, she might have had to actually put in some hard work and show some level of, you know, competence before she was handed a plum job like that….instead, she gets to join Honest Paul & the gang around the Cabinet table immediately, where she can join in the fun of separating Canadians from their money and spending it like there was no tomorrow….
“By using pithy catchphrases and deferring questions to her deputies, the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development answered question after pointed question about Canada's employment insurance program, a key function of the sprawling department Stronach has inherited.”
Why, that just about says it all doesn’t it? Isn’t that what government is all about – throw out a few pithy catchphrases and let your deputies answer all the tough questions…and you too can be star!
Isn't that what we expect from Ministers in Government - when confronted with a complicated issue, just spout out a few pithy catchphrases and move on - as long as it makes a good sound bite, who cares?
And then, of course, there was this quote from an earlier article (where Belinda explains why she jumped ship on the Conservatives)…
“Mine is a question of fate and circumstance," she said. "I was having great difficulty lining up with the Bloc to bring down the government at this time.
"I didn't think that was in the national interest . . . I thought unity was at risk."
So in order to save the country she bravely sacrificed herself….to become an instant (if horribly unqualified) cabinet minister. If, as she seems keen on asserting, it was out of such selfless motives that she crossed the floor, could she not have found another way to go about it? If blind ambition was not her true motivation could she not have simply abstained from the vote, or even just voted for the damned budget? Well, no, because doing any of those things would not have allowed her to become a Very, Very important Minister. Why, she might have had to actually put in some hard work and show some level of, you know, competence before she was handed a plum job like that….instead, she gets to join Honest Paul & the gang around the Cabinet table immediately, where she can join in the fun of separating Canadians from their money and spending it like there was no tomorrow….
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