I don't know whether to laugh or cry

[chickenfeet]

One has to have some sympathy with Stephen Harper. Putting together a cabinet out of the collection of nutjobs, Mulroney era hacks and leftovers from the Harris debacle that are the CCA isn't an easy job. That said, three of his appointments are so bad I couldn't have imagined them in my worst nightmares. Cleaning up the Adscam mess at Public Works will be the job of a Montreal lawyer and Tory hack who doesn't even sit in the Commons. International Trade goes to David Emerson as un petit pourboire for crossing the floor, a la Bouncing Belinda, and to cap it all Tony Clement gets Health. I have scarcely enough bile in my keyboard to express how disgusting that appointment is. Clement demonstrated during his tenure of the Ontario Health portfolio under Harris that he is a rude, arrogant clod who knows slightly less than nothing about healthcare. His one achievement was to make his hapless predecessor, Elizabeth Witmer, look good.

Way to go Stevie. You really are a total prat!

Comments

[forthright.livejournal.com]

For the first time in a long time, the federal NDP has a leader with an intimate knowledge of urban issues, in an electoral map that could see the NDP grow tremendously in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ottawa, and other urban centres. If Layton is a "Toronto first" leader, I'm not convinced there's much ground to be had. But if he runs with the awareness that rural / agrarian issues have to become secondary to urban ones (in general) in an increasingly progressive and urbanized Canada, then I think there's a lot of room for growth.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. I'm tired of seeing special deals cut by the feds that entrench the most backward aspects of Canada.