Anyone who thinks that the Liberals are offering anything different or that they have learned any lessons from the recent election need only glance at the new cabinet annnounced today.
Ujjal Dosanjh who led a disastrously incompetent NDP government in British Columbia is given the Health portfolio, thus guaranteeing a refusal to consider new ways to fund medical care.
The splenetic Bill Graham whose self-righteous bluster could not disguise a bankrupt foreign policy is moved to Defence, this guaranteeing the continued decline of our military establishment.
Gay floor-crosser Scott Brison is made Public Works minister, this guaranteeing that the perennial underdevelopment of the Maritimes will be papered over in an avalanche of pork to eastern constituencies.
Separatist floor-crosser Jean Lapierre who guided the Liberals to a sound thrashing in Quebec is given Transport and made number-two man in the country, thus guaranteeing resentment in both in his home province and the West.
On a final disgusted note, who knew that we had a minister for "Families and Care-Givers" or that we needed one for "Infrastructure and Communities"?
Posted by Dexter at July 20, 2004 12:07 PM