Hot on the heels of Norm Doyle's ouster as Connie caucus chair comes word that not a single Connie member of parliament from this province was deemed fit to be parliamentary secretary to a cabinet minister.
Take a close look at this list, ladies and gentlemen.
Notice that backbenchers from places like Ontario get to back up powerful ministers from places like Ontario in already powerful portfolios.
The back-stop for the minister of fish, by contrast comes from British Columbia.
But do we get to have the second level nat res spot, since the minister is from BC? After all, natural resources is important to us we develop oil and gas our oil and gas industry?
The parl sec is from Quebec.
Yep.
As we try and move forward with major hydro-electric developments, Steve Harper decided that neither Norm nor Fabe was good enough and it was a better idea to have some guy in there more likely to represent the best interests of Hydro Quebec.
The backstop to the minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency?
Some guy from Alberta.
Basically, the parliamentary secretaries list is where Harper rewarded his old buds from the Reform Party.
In the meantime, Fabian and Norm can cool their jets in the cheap seats.
And we can once again ponder why anyone pays any attention to Sue's flatulent political prognostications.
