Sunday, May 18, 2025

No Budget, A Failed Immigration and Housing Minister as a Stay at Home Justice Minister, An Enviro Terrorist as a Culture Minister - Will Carney's Government Top the Gaffes of Trudeau’s?

 https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-carneys-cabinet-offers-up-a-week-of-incompetence

"In case there was any doubt as to their incompetence, they were quick to demonstrate why any skeptics’ misgivings were correctly placed. Guilbeault immediately took to dismissing the need for new pipelines, perpetuating the myth of peak oil and peddling the falsity that Canada’s newest pipeline was running at under half capacity (in fact, it was running at 77 per cent capacity)."

"Fraser, meanwhile, started off his tenure by telling media, heading into the new cabinet’s first meeting, that he intends to work more from home. In December, he had announced he planned not to run again to spend more time with his “amazing family,” and another candidate was lined up for his seat — only for him to un-resign three months later, after Carney’s ascent.

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“Given the nature of the portfolio, a lot of the stakeholders we have are less interested in having you attend groundbreakings, the openings of new buildings that you may have funded, and are quite accustomed to having meetings virtually,” he told the scrum. “So I anticipate during constituency weeks, I’m going to be based in my hometown a little more than I was before."