@keithzg But that certainly does not mean the electors of Westmount elected #MarcGarneau so that he would support every little detail of a bill regarding the French language. No, he and his colleagues should consult, consider and revise as they think best.

/fin

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More on #MarcGarneau

"Having Garneau turfed out of cabinet showed an egregious lack of judgment on the part of the prime minister. A cynic might say that Garneau’s rare skills, brainpower and ethics made Trudeau uncomfortable and that he prefers to surround himself with less demanding, more malleable cabinet ministers. Knowing Garneau as I do, I suspect he also refused to be a lackey to the all-powerful Prime Minister’s Office."

#PeterFTrent

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/peter-f-trent-trudeau-shows-he-holds-little-regard-for-competency-by-turfing-cabinets-brightest-light-marc-garneau

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I have three theories:
a) #MarcGarneau wanted to get out of cabinet. Sometimes that happens.

b) #JustinTrudeau did not consider Mr. Garneau a team player. One can imagine an argument about calling an election the day that Kabul fell.

c) Mr. Trudeau wants strong female candidates in the next #Liberal leadership race. Giving a top job to Mme Joly makes it more likely that a francophone will be among them.

In any case, it doesn't seem likely that it will be good for foreign policy.

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"In recent years, Canada couldn’t do much to anger the United States while it was re-negotiating the trade agreement between the two countries, while it didn’t want to say too much to anger China while that country was holding the two Michaels hostage. He added that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn’t valued the file. “I think that Mr. Trudeau does not understand the importance of foreign policy,” Saint-Jacques said."

Replacing #MarcGarneau by #MélanieJoly is hard to understand.

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This article makes two startling claims about #GovernorGeneral #JuliePayette :

1. Months into her time in office, it was clear that she was unreasonably slow at signing official papers, her principal duty.

2. #PM #JustinTrudeau would have been warned by Minister #MarcGarneau that she was difficult to work with, but he didn't bother to ask.

https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-problem-with-modernizing-and-the-governor-general/

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