Poilievre’s Shadow Cabinet —A Big Liberal Copycat Government —The More Things Change —-60 % of the Conservative MP’s Are Insiders —71 Out Of 118.

 The Canadian Conservative Party Platform states among other things :

‘A belief that a responsible government must be fiscally prudent and should be limited to those responsibilities which cannot be discharged reasonably by the individual or others.

A belief that it is the responsibility of individuals to provide for themselves, their families and their dependents, while recognizing that government must respond to those who require assistance and compassion.’

How do you rationalize these principles with appointing 60% of your caucus to a Shadow Cabinet ? 

With one swoop the so called ‘Conservative’  Leader has bought into big Government ——in all its inefficiencies and unproductive activities not to mention the even more important intrusion of Government into our personal lives ——and this is only one of the three Governments to which we will be subjected. 

What happened to smaller Government , lower taxes , less but more efficient regulation where really needed. 

What an opportunity missed ——-!!!

To really show one’s Conservative bona fides Poilievre could have appointed far less people to be critics to show just how committed he is to smaller government. But he could not do this . I suspect it never occurred to him  ! 

Because he and the Party are really liberals and progressives. 

And perhaps in the bargain he could have renamed some of the Executive Responsibilities with less virtue signalling and duplication .

Look at this :

‘Federal Economic Development Agency for Eastern, Central and Southern Ontario — Lianne Rood

Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (Associate, Crown-Indigenous Relations) — Eric Melillo’

Could not this be one —-Federal Economic Development Agencies For Ontario  —Do you need Four? Do you really need any—given how much the Provinces control economic development? Or just one for the whole country ?

And how do you like ——-

Mental Health and Suicide Prevention — Todd Doherty

Addictions — Laila Goodridge

Could not these be combined? 

I really like this one —-

Finance and Middle Class Prosperity — Jasraj Singh Hallan

What is Middle Class Prosperity——??????

The Conservatives have swallowed hook, line and sinker all this big government, leftist  mumbo jumbo. 

So my contention finds evidence—the parties are almost identical except for the people , and policy differences are largely one of degree not of kind. 

But this one takes the cake ——

After appointing over half the caucus to liberal established positions , creating more and more positions and regulations , they also accept the liberal hypocrisy ——-to have the gall to have appointed a critic to cover 

RED TAPE REDUCTION —Scott Davidson 

After creating more red tape————

And Poilievre had to appoint the learned leadership competitor, Leslyn Lewis , but like most Leaders before him —don’t  let her shine and use her credentials to help the Party  —-appoint her to the mundane critic position of infrastructure ——

Leslyn has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Toronto, Trinity College graduating Magna Cum Laude; a Master’s in Environmental Studies from York University, with a Concentration in Business and Environment from the Schulich School of Business; a Juris Doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School; and a PhD in Law from Osgoode Hall Law School.

The lack of creativity, change, imagination here is breathtaking ——-

But some will say you had to cover off all the Liberal Government Positions ——of course —but not by slavishly following a big government agenda ——

Rather , creating a new executive structure —-just what is it Government should continue to do ———now he will be stuck with the old way of doing things and satisfying egos. 

Built in to all these positions are people and policies that are more global, less a national Government, less accountability and transparency , more executive government , less parliamentary government and pushing an agenda that most Canadians reject.  

Nothing about integrity, balanced budgets, smaller PM’s office, conflict of interest reform, strengthening MP ‘s role in Parliament, improving Parliamentary Committees operation and power , affirming a sovereign state comes before a new international agreement ——a revised judiciary who adhere to the principles of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 

Buying into the existing structure , the Conservatives condemns us to more of the same, a bloated state —-that is failing us every day—watching these days as a Government conducts an inquiry into itself—setting the terms of reference and appointing  the Commissioner ——a fading democracy —-

Now you can go back to sleep!!