John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA INSIDER
Please don't take Leona Aglukkaq’s words too seriously. They
do not represent mainstream thinking in Canada.
Leona Aglukkaq has had a record of mishandling the
ministerial portfolios she has been handed by Stephen Harper. Her time as
Minister of Health is a genuinely embarrassing memory.
Stephen Harper's 39%-government (his share of vote totals split
several ways) is mighty light on talent. It is team, as they say in hockey, whose
bench is pretty thin. So he must use virtual incompetents like Ms Aglukkaq to
fill posts.
Mr. Harper has been appropriately nick-named a party of one.
He has a personality, and this is not an exaggeration, sharing some
characteristics with Stalin. No one in his government says one word that was
not put into their mouths by him. The various comments coming from Ministers
like Ms Aglukkaq these days not only do not reflect the views of most
Canadians, they often may not even reflect the timid minister’s own views.
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