Dear Editor:
The invention of that magical non-stick coating Teflon dates way back to 1938, and has been around and improved over the last 80 years.
Developed by an American scientist, Roy Plunkett, it was first used only for industrial and military applications. Now, it is in every household kitchen, in many fabrics including carpeting and furniture, on the windshield wipers of our automobiles, and enveloping the façade of our current prime minister.
Designed so that nothing sticks to it (or him), political mistakes just don’t end up sticking and being the responsibility of the wearer, in this case, our prime minister.
Take for example his “blackface” and “brown face” errors in judgement which seem to have washed away with little political consequence. Consider the international embarrassment caused to Canada with his “costume party” wardrobe trip to India. Look at the SNC Lavalin affair which cost his best friend Gerald Betts his job, along with Jane Philpot and Jodie Wilson-Raybould. It was the PMO that was responsible for this controversy and favouritism to this company in his riding. He stands bright and shiny, while all the others have fallen into the scrapheap of Canadian politics.
Remember the “WE” charity affair, which resulted in Canada losing our finance minister along with the departure from Canada of the charity itself.
Now Trudeau’s princess governor general, vetted improperly by him, has shown her true colours, and now she will be sliding off the pallet of public scrutiny (albeit not without all the financial perks of the position).
How is our prime minister so able to not become stuck with any of his own poor choices or misguided decisions?
Could it be his knowledge of financial responsibility and politics? Does he have any clue that all of his multi-billion-dollar schemes must eventually be repaid by generations to come?
Could it be his devotion to Canadian industry? Hundreds of Canadian companies re-tooled their factories to make PPE and sanitizer for hospitals throughout this epidemic. He, on the other hand, bought supplies from China, often sub-standard and ironically from the very source of this epidemic.
He talks a good talk about gender equality, but who has he allowed to fall on her own sword? Do the aforementioned names, Philpot, Wilson-Raybould and Payette, not ring a bell? All his choices!
So, like Teflon, very little stain has ever stuck to Trudeau. Many others have fallen into the political scrap heap. I’m hoping that his layer of Teflon is getting thinner and thinner. With an upcoming election, Canada, wake up, peel off the Teflon, and see this self-centred man for what he really is!
Ron Johnson,
Mount Forest