Mary Simon, the current governor general. She messed up at both ends of this unnecessary election. In the first place, she should not have signed the writ allowing it to proceed. Parliament was functioning smoothly, thanks to the unwillingness of the other parties to chance a snap election. In such cases, the GG has the constitutional power -- duty, really -- to send the PM back to the House to keep working on behalf of Canadians -- especially in the midst of a deadly pandemic.
But she signed it because she owed her cushy job to the guy handing her the pen. That was mistake number one. Number two was in allowing a leader with only 32.6% of the popular vote to become PM. That also should not have happened because it was ludicrous and she could have stopped it.
Harper had the clarity to convene a learned committee of constitutional experts and scholars to proffer recommendations on who might be suitable GG candidates. Trudeau scrapped that committee in favour of whoever The-Kids-in-the-Hall thought would tick all the boxes. In their view, Simon did. I mean, come on, a female Inuit? What could possibly go wrong? We only have to look to the disastrous Payette for the answer to that one. In Simon's case, I am waiting for the other shoe to drop because she doesn't seem to know her role. As I have said, brush up on your constitutional Coles notes, Ms. Simon.
Trudeau and his McGill buddies have trashed the machinery of government and instead operate behind the scenes doing whatever they want. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Trudeau is an expert in that. Just look at all his blunders, starting with India, the trip to the Aga Khan's island, SNC Lavalin and continuing right through WE, et al. I could go on.
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