The minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development blinks. Then he blinks again.
He has just been asked if his government’s “Digital Charter” would apply to his own political party. You know, the governing Liberal Party of Canada.
He doesn’t answer. The host on CBC’s “Power and Politics” genially tries again. Will the Liberal Party agree to go along with the rules it proposes to impose on everyone else? Will the Grits practice what they preach on data privacy?
Navdeep Bains, the minister with the aforementioned long title, doesn’t answer. Again.
Bains rallies. He sternly says the penalties for violating Canadians’ privacy will be “substantial.” The CBC inquisitor asks what that means.
Navdeep Bains doesn’t say.
And so it goes, as with much that the Justin Trudeau regime does: Do as they say, but not as they do. Talk the talk, but don’t walk the talk.
Trudeau does that sort of thing a lot: You know, oversell, then underdeliver. Insincerity, phoniness, dishonesty. It’s his brand, pretty much.
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See Also:
(1) Liberals’ media bailout puts foxes in charge of the chickens
(2) Wilson-Raybould, Philpott to announce their political plans Monday
