"Ministers are chosen for promotional reasons, rather than what they bring to the table, Morneau said, but it hardly matters because power resides in the hands of a cabal of advisers around the prime minister who “compel agreement from cabinet ministers.”"

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/bill-morneau-memoir-justin-trudeau

This has been a key criticism of how the federal government operates since the time of ##PierreTrudeau at least. How true is it at the provincial level, I wonder?

#canpol #BillMorneau
#NationalPost

@josephby
> the poor guy simply isn't that bright.

How so? I can think of several ways you might mean that comment, and it's not clear to me which is intended.

(I happen to have just read the comments of #PaulWells about #BillMorneau 's book at https://paulwells.substack.com/p/morneau-on-trudeau-sorely-lacking )

#canpol

"I found myself in violent agreement with many of Morneau’s points — “It’s baffling to me that the government moved forward with new commitments on dental care while the pharmacare challenge remains unresolved” — right up to the point when I recalled that he was not a cog in the machine, he was operating it."

#JohnIvison

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-bill-morneaus-damning-indictment-of-liberal-spending-is-a-bit-rich

#BillMorneau #canpol
#NationalPost