The Emperor's New Clothes

That's what the "new" cabinet was wearing, as the same old, same old, tired, worn-out gang was trotted out and sworn in as Carney's cabinet for "change".

Carney and his minions.

Hard to believe, but there wasn't a new face in the front-bench bunch.  Not one!  Sure, there were a bunch of new ministers of state, but the main cast was still all there.  I was flabbergasted that Freeland was there!  After Trump called her a "horrible woman" and lambasted her in the Oval Office for her bombastic handling of the trade files, Carney has still given her a seat at the table!  Either her riding is key, or she has dirt on him.  Contrariness or stupidity are also possible reasons but there are no other to keep her.  

But the saddest spectacle was Rechie Valdez, the minister of women's something-or-other.  There she was taking the oath and crying.  Crying!  What a great look for the women of Canada!  Strength, force and might did not spring to mind, as I watched her shaking and bawling taking the oath.  Pathetic.

But Evan Solomon was right up there in the ludicrous category.  Here was a guy who was fired from the CBC for having a secret art brokerage business on the side.  Solomon actually brokered the sale of paintings belonging to Mark Carney.  I kid you not!  Then he buggered off to the States to earn the big bucks, but came right back when Carney dangled a juicy, cabinet carrot under his nose.  His portfolio is artificial intelligence.  That just describes the whole cabinet!  Do cynicism and hypocrisy know no bounds?

But there they all were, beaming and smiling smugly as the ceremony unfolded.  You could not find a more self-satisfied, smirking bunch if you hunted all day.  The only positive moments for me were when they all had to swear allegiance to King Charles the Third.  That surely stuck in the craws of all the francophones who had to utter that odious oath.  

Sorry, guys, but The Monarch remains our Head of State, so you have to grin and swear it.  

All in all, it was a dismal display of the future of our country.  Ruined by Trudeau for the last 10 years, the economy appears to be again in peril, with Carney keeping the whole, sorry mess on track for another dilapidated and ramshackle term.

Sigh.............