Trudeau making cannon fodder of rookie ministers

Had Joly, Chagger, Monsef, and Gould served under a PM less committed to gender parity, they might have been left to learn the ropes on the backbenches. That might have been better than serving as cannon fodder on missions programmed to fail.
Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, and Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef.
MONTREAL—Almost two years into her mandate, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has clocked more time on her feet in the House of Commons defending the indefensible appointment of a close member of the Liberal family to the office of commissioner of official languages than advancing transformative pol...

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