Methinks Someone Still Has Prime Ministerial Ambitions

I'm not saying it is a bad idea to share PPE and other medical equipment if Alberta actually does have a surplus but consider the source.  As David Climenhaga points out this "surplus" doesn't jibe with the governments own recent estimates.

To wit, if less than a week ago we barely had enough N95 medical masks for Alberta’s hard-pressed nurses, doctors and other front-line health care workers to work for the next 30 days, was the premier wise to give away three-quarters of a million of them to other provinces on the strength of contracts with manufacturers abroad for more? As we have recently seen, some foreign manufacturers will break their contracts if ordered by their national government.

So why would Kenney take this risk with the health of Albertans. Perhaps leverage for future pipelines is the entirety of his strategy.  Or maybe he wants to burnish his image on the national stage.  After all, his image has been tarnished a lot given his recent behaviour.

But just as he did a passable job of pretending to enjoy ethnic food during his role as the designated Minister Curry in a Hurry for the Harper government to court a vote previously inimical to Conservatives, is he following the same playbook with this benevolence?

I don't care if it helps out fellow Canadians without endangering Albertan but I don't expect this particular leopard will have changed his spots.Recommend this Post