Montreal Simon: Jason’s Kenney and the Last Show in Ottawa

The ghastly show is finally over. After a shabby twenty year run on Parliament Hill Jason Kenney has packed up his harp, and finally left the building.

But not before one last tawdry song.

Jason Kenney delivered a rousing and emotional farewell speech in the House of Commons on Thursday after nearly 20 years as a member of Parliament. He struck a non-partisan tone and urged his colleagues to embrace their role as legislators, not simply as foot soldiers of a political party, and to relish their time in the hallowed halls of Centre Block — “the temple of our democracy,” as he described it.

Which couldn’t have been more phony or absurd. Kenney the ultimate rabid partisan preaching non partisanship in the “temple of democracy” he desecrated over and over again.

And that wasn’t the only scandal…
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Montreal Simon: What Exactly Is Jason Kenney Peddling in Alberta?

I’ve always thought that Jason Kenney was a bit of a snake oil salesman.

For what else can explain that after spending twenty years in Ottawa he should think he’s the only one who can unite the right in Alberta?

Or explain why he thinks that Canadians should keep paying him his MP’s salary, while he campaigns for another job?

But now I really have to wonder what exactly is that ghastly Con peddling?
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