A good first step is how the Premier described her first meeting with the Prime Minister.
But she was bit vague on the destination piece.
Headed somewhere but not sure where the frig that might be.
Solid leadership!
Kathy Dunderdale had a courtesy meeting with Stephen Harper.
20 minutes.
Very much routine stuff for those familiar with these things and never the chance to get into detailed discussions on anything.
Lots of vague talk from Dunderdale about stuff but very little concrete detail.
She knows the bus is moving and she knows about the doors and seats but where the driver is headed?
We’ll get back to you on that bit.
But it is good to get rolling in this new bus and new driver who is dissimilar in a differential way from the previous occupant of the conducting position.
Dunderdale’s list of things she mentioned in the meeting are the same things her predecessor used to rattle off so it’s a bit unusual to hear her talking about things as if there’d been some radical change of direction in the province.
Oh.
That was the point.
But then Dunderdale said she is “in the same place’ as her predecessor.
So things are the same.
But different.
It is a new relationship but she wanted to hear some acknowledgement from the Prime Minister of those “legitimate aspirations” of her tribe and that he “understands” those things and is the prime minister of the whole country, then things will be different.
So that would mean things are still just like they were with the former premier.
But not.
Somehow.
Like in a meeting with federal cabinet minister Peter Mackay, Dunderdale talked about a multi-billion dollar megaproject for which Dunderdale sought a federal loan guarantee.
Which must be somehow different from the times Danny went to Ottawa looking for a hand-out to build a megaproject.
So things are the different.
But the same.
And firstly and fore mostly, she wants some respect.
Never heard that before.
And there wasn’t any talk about the fishery.
Ditto on the sameness file.
So in a last scrum question about the relationship, Kathy made it clear that her predecessor could “articulate” his views clearly and that things were different now, as she embarked on some kind of new path, a yellow brick road to respect for the “legitimate aspirations” of the crowd of people down this way.
Sounds all very familiar, right down to the bit about not being sure exactly where things are going and the inability to articulate specific details.
But God does she spit Quebecish gibberish like “legitimate aspirations.”
It’s all fit to make you aspirate your breakfast.
Projectile aspiration.
Given Dunderdale’s load of bafflegab and pure bullshit, such aspiration would be perfectly legitimate and likely most respectable.
Plus ca change.
- srbp -