SHAMELESS SHUFFLE
DOUG FORD’s Friday cabinet shuffle which vaulted embattled minister DAVID PICCINI to the high-profile Infrastructure file is taking plenty of flak. But does anyone beyond the bubble actually care?
CTV political analyst SCOTT REID doesn’t see the move hurting the Teflon Premier — for now.
Sure, the promotion was a “middle finger” to the Opposition, media and anyone else asking “tough questions” about the Skills Development Fund controversy that has landed ex-Labour minister Piccini under the microscope of the Integrity Commish.
But but but: “It hasn’t penetrated to people and it has not caused one drop of sweat off of Doug Ford’s forehead. So if it doesn’t cause him political discomfort, if it doesn’t threaten him politically, then he is not going to respond,” Reid says.
Star columnist MARTIN REGG COHN says it’s just plain “hubris.”
“How else to explain his hubris, arrogance and defiance this week when unveiling a bloated, bloviating, 37-member cabinet — the biggest i…
