Most of Gordon O'Connor's answers to questions are meaningless talking points. In fact for significant chunks of the questioning, O'Connor repeats the same lines over and over and over again.
No substance.
No content.
It is astonishing the number of responses that are merely four or five short sentences in length.
The most typical answer in Gordo's exchange with Labrador member of parliament Todd Russell?
"Mr. Chair, when the government makes the decision on precise commitments, the announcements will be made."
This is a minister who can in no way be accused of being in control of his portfolio. He clearly cannot command a brief, and one would venture that his course report in minister training school likely would have said: "people will follow this minister if only out of idle curiosity."
O'Connor has likely bogged his office and it will take more than a couple of strong hands and an armoured recovery vehicle to get the former tank driver out of his current mess.O'Connor's performance is evidence of a minister incapable of coping with the management of one of the largest and most important departments in the Government of Canada.
Memo to PMO: Punt O'Connor now.
That action alone will do more to rebuild the Canadian Forces than any cash ever spent.
-sbrp-