A few more things, really ...
Some people are "special":
Former Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips resigned from his cabinet posting on Thursday, offering one final example in 2020 of politicians asking the public ‘to do as I say, not as I do’ during the global pandemic.
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CBC News has learned that Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard spent time in Hawaii this month on a family vacation, despite direction from both the federal and provincial governments to avoid non-essential travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
No word on Pierre Arcand as of this writing (or possibly Justin).
In case one forgot:
Despite repeatedly urging Canadians to stay home for Easter amid the coronavirus pandemic, even if it meant not seeing their families, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending the decision to go see his.
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It cost taxpayers just over $73,000 for Health Minister Patty Hajdu to travel from Ottawa to Thunder Bay, even as she advised against non-essential travel during the pandemic lockdown.
Why?
Because, f--- you, Canada. That's why. It will always be that way until the populace reminds the public servants who they work for, how replaceable they are and what mine-shafts look like from the inside.
Instead of demanding that these politicians be as equally miserable as the rest of us and remain in their homes, we should demand the loss of their pensions and jobs and the repeal of this enormously ridiculous decision to lockdown entire economies knowing damn well that they don't work to contain any viral threat. Our political "betters" clearly don't believe so.
Also - God bless you, Rex Murphy!:
Why do we listen to them?
Why do we sit under the rain of their incessant, sanctimonious spiels about flattening curves and slowing the virus and caring for “your fellow citizens,” while they jet off to sunshine, beaches and island resorts for “vacations they had planned?
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Oh, that's bad for the narrative:
A nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving Pfizer Inc's vaccine, an ABC News affiliate reported on Tuesday, but a medical expert and the U.S. drug maker said the body needs more time to build up protection.
Sure, it does.
Why? Because Justin and the Liberal Party work for the Chinese. That's why:
The Liberal government fell woefully short in its timid response to the incarceration earlier this week of a Chinese citizen journalist who chronicled the country’s pandemic’s response, diplomatic and human rights experts say.
The criticism comes after the official twitter account for Global Affairs Canada stated briefly on Tuesday that it was “very concerned” about the incarceration of Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan earlier this week. GAC has not yet issued an official statement on the matter, while the U.S., U.K. and European Union all offered full-throated and official condemnation of the conviction.
On the Korean front:
Koreans' most fervent wish for the post-coronavirus period is for schools to reopen, big data shows.
Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday that President Moon Jae-in struck a deal with Moderna to purchase another 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccines after speaking by video call with the CEO of the biotech giant. The presidential office explained that Moon not only doubled the order volume, but also pushed forward the supply date of the vaccines. Cheong Wa Dae took credit for the feat and said Moon "stepped up to take a leading role." To be fair, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency had made a hash of the purchase of vaccines, but it held regular meetings with Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun to brief him on progress and discuss further measures. If the president had taken part earlier in the most urgent matter facing the country, he would not have had to resort to this stunt.
Instead he was nowhere to be seen, preferring to fritter away his time on a personal vendetta against the prosecutor general. The government repeatedly said KDCA chief Jeong Eun-kyeong was in charge of vaccine-purchase deals. It was only when the public outcry became deafening that the president belatedly stepped in, like a knight on a shining horse.
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