Calgary
1 Prime Minister (Stephen Harper. duh.)
1 Cabinet Minister (Jim Prentice)
3 Parliamentary Secretaries (Diane Ablonczy, Jason Kenney, Deepak Obhrai)
Edmonton
1 Cabinet Minister (Rona Ambrose)
Edmonton wants in?
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Jaffer was appointed chair of the caucus, today. Does that count for anything?
ReplyDeletenot really. I don't think it really "counts" unless it includes a payhike :-P
ReplyDeleteDoes Jaffer count in any position? Does he have thoughts?
ReplyDeleteShe is not from Edmonton, she is from Spruce Grove. Damn hyphenated ridings. Well ok she llives in Edmonton Strathcona but she represents Spruce Grove thats like saying the MP from Airdrie represents Calgary or the guy from Oshawa represents Toronto. Hmm yeah the Harper did do that to.
ReplyDeleteIf she lives in Edmonton, that should count for something.
ReplyDeleteWhich Edmonton MP do you guys think SHOULD be in cabinet?
Which MP's "should" be in cabinet is a question I will not answer. But as for which Edmonton MP's COULD be in cabinet, In addition of course to Rona and Rahim, I think we are rich with excellent MP's that are cabinet-material: James Rajotte, Laurie Hawn, John Williams, Ken Epp, Peter Goldring, Mike Lake.
ReplyDeleteIf the national caucuse picture, in terms of geographical / gender / ethnic / language situations, were different all of these would be cabinet material.
We didn't mean to downplay Mrs. Ambrose. We think she was a great choice for cabinet minister and we will give her a chance to prove herself.
ReplyDeleteThe one Edmonton MP we were disappointed to see that got the shaft was James Rajotte from Edmonton-Leduc. We thought he'd at least get a parliamentary secretary position.
I'm surprised Rajotte and Jaffer got left out. Rajotte was talked about as a Cabinet possibility and Jaffer is one of the few visible minorities in the CPC.
ReplyDeleteKen Epp? Peter Goldring? Cabinet material?
ReplyDeleteAre you on heroin?
"Ken Epp? Peter Goldring? Cabinet material? "
ReplyDeleteUseless MP's in our mind. Epp is invisible and Goldring would rather attend a gunshow or advocate for Canadian annexation of the Caribbean than advocate for his constitutents.
And yes, we're really still surprised that Rajotte didn't make it. Jaffer not so much. He's kind of a dweeb.
"Dweeb"? I disagree. And so does Wikipedia! ;)
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dweeb
Unless you think Mr. Jaffer is socially inept, un-intelligent, or skilled with a shovel. I don't think any one would say he is any of those!
"I think we are rich with excellent MP's that are cabinet-material: James Rajotte, Laurie Hawn, John Williams, Ken Epp, Peter Goldring, Mike Lake."
ReplyDeleteWTF? Laurie Hawn is an intellectual lightweight, but Peter Goldring makes him seem like Jean Jacques Rousseau in comparison. Get serious.
John Williams is pretty good on ethics; he would have been decent in cabinet. As would have been Rajotte. Ken Epp's been slammed down by my honorable colleagues, and Mike Lake needs to prove himself.
Just don't you dare call Goldring an "excellent MP" ever again.
Which MP's should have been in cabinet? Well, for starters there was only room for one MP from Calgary other than Harper, and since he already had 5, count em, five females, Prentice was an obvious choice over Abloncy. Can you imagine a cabinet with 6 females? That is overkill.
ReplyDeleteSmell the sarcasm?
Jaffer...well, there are 2 visible minorities already out of 26, so that is plenty, right?
As for Rajotte, the guy pleaded guilty to assault a few years back (See Edmonton Journal June 27, 2004). How can he handle sensitive material with that kind of past.
John Williams is a blowhard.
ReplyDelete"skilled with a shovel"
ReplyDeleteheh heh.
For clarification sake: we don't have much use for him and don't think he has been a very effective MP.