There can be no remedy if one refuses to acknowledge a
problem, but the Trudeau government seems unable to accept responsibility for
even the most obvious of ethics issues.
The following link is to a CBC piece about the latest
conflict of interest violation:
And that, said Turnbull, opens the door for the ministers to insist they didn't really do anything wrong, notwithstanding the conflict commissioner's conclusions — as both Trudeau and Leblanc did this week.
The perception of
impropriety should be enough to prevent a Prime Minister from taking the gift
an expensive vacation from a *family friend* who also receives government
monies ... or a Minister of the Crown from granting a lucrative contract to a
*distant relation* -- but here we have Trudeau and a member of his team
accepting the findings of the ethics commissioner, saying they won't do it
again, but throwing out excuses as to how what they did really doesn't meet the
criteria of a violation.
Maybe it's his
upbringing and the yes-men who surround him, but Trudeau seems incapable of
accepting responsibility even when he's been called out. When the groping
incident resurfaced, first he denied any *negative interactions* and when it
became apparent he could not escape that something happened, he went on to say that he
was *certain (he) did nothing inappropriate* and finally after the woman spoke
out, he granted that something happened, but the woman got it all wrong. It's a pattern, and a damning one.
Trudeau makes a big production of saying sorry on behalf of Canada
for wrongs of long ago, but because he cannot see or admit to his own personal
errors, he is unable to muster a sincere or even weak apology on behalf of
himself when he's been caught in a misdeed. He has the self-awareness of a five year old – conscious of
attention, and playing for an audience, but lacking the depth to understand the
consequences of his actions, and their effect on others. Making excuses,
downplaying his own past transgressions, shifting blame -- these are glaring
character flaws, disturbing in someone who wields so much influence and power.
This is not someone who can learn from mistakes, because to
his mind, he's never made one.
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