Former Conservative leader explains why he joined Mark Carney’s trade advisory council
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/former-conservative-leader-explains-why-he-joined-mark-carneys-trade-advisory-council/article_e9503ebd-7a49-4ac1-a985-83aef52bd177.html
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Why is this even a topic for discussion? A PM establishes a council to gather views, of course they are going to ensure the membership is broad-based.
The last decade in politics has been so polarizing that we forget that faced with a large threat this is how things *should* work. O’Toole is a good man to have on this committee and I applaud Carney for doing this. Certainly the committee has a very different feel then if Pollievre had crafted it or Trudeau had.
This is normal and Mr. O’Toole has no need to justify himself. There was a time when this would have been welcomed by all except now it’s seen as appeasement by a small sect of LPC members or seen as undercutting Poilievre by some CPC members.
Politics isn’t inherently partisan – that’s something that was introduced across the world over time and further exacerbated in the past decade. Decisions such as this aren’t meant to be polarizing. Unelected officials – which O’Toole is now – have no need to justify themselves.
I disagree with O’Toole on a number of issues but I will say that I have the utmost respect for him and always will.
I think it is good to have cross partisan views on an issue as fundamental. Trudeau did the same thing back to first negotiation by having Rona Ambrose and James Moore on his committee. Sometimes partisanship has to be set aside for the greater good of the country.
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