Your Rotten, Corrupt, Lazy, Tyrannical, Incompetent Government and You

To wit:

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be proceeding to a minor cabinet shuffle on Monday. His public itinerary shows that he will be at a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa at 3 p.m.

These moves come days after Steven Guilbeault resigned from his position as minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Quebec lieutenant because of the agreement struck between Ottawa and Alberta which Guilbeault said would erode past climate policies.

A spokeswoman for Carney, Audrey Champoux, said there would not be a “full shuffle.” She also said that a new Quebec lieutenant will be named on Monday.

 

What does he care?

He has his pension. 

 

 

Make them ALL sell their stocks.

You can serve Canada or your bank account.

You can't serve both:

MPs have taken another step to compel Prime Minister Mark Carney to sell millions in stock holdings. The Commons ethics committee on Friday asked that Parliament rewrite the Conflict Of Interest Act to eliminate what Conservatives have dubbed a “Carney loophole.” 

 

 

Imagine all of that power in one person:

The Canadian Labour Congress president in a Commons petition accuses Labour Minister Patty Hajdu of misusing cabinet powers to “end a strike by simply sending an email.” The Congress seeks repeal of a federal law used by cabinet to quash eight legal strikes in the past 15 months: ‘It gives sweeping, undemocratic powers to the Minister.’ 

 

 

Will we have a Potemkin pipeline, too?:

The Department of Housing admits it faked a construction site as backdrop for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promise of “faster, smarter” home construction. The department billed taxpayers $32,707 to have contractors install a temporary structure for television cameras: “The homes have since been disassembled.” 

 

 

As fudged as the budget:

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.) yesterday accused cabinet of taking steps to pad job creation figures under the Canada Summer Jobs program. Genuis pointed to a federal guide that recommended employers keep postsecondary students on the payroll for as little as eight weeks: “You’re trying to artificially show a high number of jobs created.” 

 

 

We need term limits:

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, 46, yesterday said she had no interest in any patronage appointment abroad. Joly is one of three veteran Liberal MPs marking their 11th year in cabinet: “Absolutely not.”

 

This Melanie Joly: 

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly never read a Stellantis contract that awarded the automaker $15 billion in subsidies, her deputy yesterday disclosed. Joly had defended the agreement following the company’s October 14 announcement of 3,000 job cuts: “Who is the boss?” 

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Canada’s longest-serving MP yesterday lamented 41 years of red tape but thanked constituents for the memories. “I owe them everything,” said Bloc Québécois MP Louis Plamondon (Bécancour-Nicolet, Que.), 82: “Thanks to the people.” 

 

 

It would be inspiring for the homeless to actually eat food:

Housing Minister Gregor Robertson’s department spent more than $97,000 to send managers to a two-day conference on homelessness for “inspiration,” Access To Information records show. Charges included $33,600 for hotels and $8,857 on restaurant meals: ‘It arms policymakers with inspiration.’ 

 

Also:

Governor General Mary Simon budgeted millions to install an open-air skating pavilion at Rideau Hall complete with artificial ice and decorative roof to “protect it from climate change,” according to Access To Information documents. Staff did not disclose the actual cost: “It would be a fully integrated permanent structure with pipes enclosed in concrete.”