By Pepper Parr
November 21st, 2019
BURLINGTON, ON
Burlington still has a Member of Parliament in Cabinet. Karina Gould was sworn in as the Minister for International Development.
Just what does a Minister of International Development do?
Burlington MP Karina Gould
We have asked the Minister – who is usually very good at answering questions – unlike several of the Burlington City Council members. But we digress.
It is always useful to have an MP who is a Member of Cabinet; all kinds of goodies flow from that office.
Our bigger concern is – what happened to the job Gould had? She was the Minister of Democratic Institutions. Was the move to International Development a promotion or was it just a place to put Gould.
There does not appear to be a Minister of Democratic Institutions.
The promise in the 2015 election that the Liberals would change the way Members of Parliament are elected would be changed. That didn’t happen during the last Parliament. And it doesn’t look as if it is going to happen during this Parliament.
We have asked Karina Gould what the duties of her new job are – and what happened to the idea of change on the democratic institutions side of things.
Give it a rest folks…all will be revealed..
It isn’t even a week since her appointment!!!
No she does not answer. I sent her 2 emails, no response
Kathy Hellam
“Hi Can I help you?”….”Yes does that big fat nothing burger come with fries?”….”Yes, and If you order the combo you get a Ministry Portfolio”….”Na just the Fries thank you”