Wasn't that your job?

The water crisis in Iqaluit seems to have been a surprise to the burgers who run (ruin?) the place.  Why would that be?  Five years ago, a water quality team told them this would happen soon. Six years later it happened, but they had apparently done...nothing.  

I watched in disbelief as the mayor was interviewed and seemed dumbfounded that there were hydrocarbons, i.e., gasoline, in the water supply.  Duh!?  The expert I listened to said that since the water is routinely tested every day, he could not understand why it had taken 10 days for the contaminants to be identified.  Walkerton anyone?  He singled out the local mayor, the provincial officials and Ottawa for not having flagged this the next day.  "Why has this taken 10 days?" he asked.  Indeed.  And why was the mayor scratching his head and blaming whoever for the fiasco?  Hello, your Worship, over to you.  That is your job, buddy.  You're paid and you're the mayor!

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And now, in another horror, Chrystia Freeland may be the next leader of the Liberal Party.  Please, Gawd, help us.  Freeland listens to no one, which is why  a few deputies of Finance have quit and taken early retirement.  I can just see her, striding aggressively into a meeting with esteemed, career economists in the department and telling them which end is up.  She is completely ignorant about economics and proud of it.  People seem to think that because she is a woman, she knows a thing or two.  Knowledge has nothing to do with gender; Justin seems to have missed that point.  

The other people she will piss off are the bankers, not a good thing.  Banned from Russia and un-liked in the US, Freeland seems to be expert at burning bridges.  That whole Free Trade tweaking almost fell apart because of her strident approach.  "Often wrong, seldom in doubt" is her catch-phrase on all files.  (See "My thoughts", August 30, 2018) 

I, obviously, am not a fan.  In my view she is a disgrace to her gender.  And please, Ms. Freeland, start wearing dresses neither too short, nor too tight.  And, while you're at it, quit flipping your hair; tie it up.