If you were to hold a contest for Justin Trudeau’s most incompetent cabinet minister, there would be lots of competition.
tap here to see other videos from our teamThe centralization of power in the prime minister’s office isn’t something Justin Trudeau brought to Ottawa, it’s been going on for decades. But he’s made it worse instead of better. Which is part of the reason why he and his office wear so many or the mistakes his cabinet makes.Article content
Any close watcher of politics knew Alghabra was in trouble when he blamed rusty travelers for being slow at getting their laptops out of their bags and into the bins. Blaming the public for your mistakes is always a bad idea in politics and the mess with the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is Alghabra’s responsibility.Article contentand the 850 extra screeners aren’t enough to cover the coming increase in volume and cover staff absences due to the vacation schedule.
Like her cabinet colleagues, Karina Gould wants you to know it’s not her fault, it’s yours. You didn’t apply for your passport soon enough and now there’s a surge. Sure, the surge they’re complaining about is lower than the normal number of passports they would process in the same amount of time prior to the pandemic but it’s your fault.
Now she’s running one of the most important portfolios, foreign affairs — or Global Affairs Canada in Trudeau parlance. Just over a week ago, a senior diplomat in her department attended a party to celebrate Russia at the Russian embassy. If you haven’t heard, we’ve called what Russia is doing in Ukraine genocide and we are imposing harsh sanctions to isolate the regime, but we are also going to their parties to show we are good sports.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez should be turfed for not only pushing through Bill C-11, the internet censorship bill, but having MPs vote on secret amendments to the bill. The problem is, he was was doing what his boss, the PM, wanted him to do.