People have emotions, disagreements, and arguments. Stop the presses. Well, most of the media already did.
Seriously, this is a story?
Only in that it somewhat flies in the face of Trudeau's talk of building a warm, welcoming place where people could talk to him freely to share their concerns and discuss issues and blah blah blah. Ms Caesar-Chavannes' account of how Trudeau reacted when she approached him with her issues makes Trudeau's description of his cabinet seem doubtful. He was already mad, he was having a bad day, he had lots of other things on his mind, he probably didn't want to deal with her
**** at that moment... but isn't that basically pretty much every day in a Prime Minister's life? If he was having a bad day and frustrated and running out of patience when CCC called him to tell him she wasn't going to seek reelection, isn't it pretty likely that he was in about the same mood when he was trying to get JWR to change her mind regarding SNC?
I have long believed that Prime Minister Trudeau is, in fact, a very "alpha" man. People think he's a wimp because of his soft spoken and "woke" manner and endorsement of progressive and humanist ideas. But people are wrong-- this guy is not a wimp. This is a guy who will go do a town hall with a room full of angry Calgarian oil workers or angry native rights activists without even flinching. He's the opposite of Trump. Trump puts on this big fake alpha-male act to overcompensate for the fact that deep inside, he's an insecure little man who desperately needs people to think he's a big deal. Trudeau is the opposite-- he doesn't need to do anything to act "alpha" because he's extremely secure and confident. He projects a patient, gentle, understanding persona, but I have no doubt that he can also be a very imposing person.
I have known a few people like this... one of my coworkers in particular comes to mind. A guy who is incredibly pleasant and reasonable and respectful, but when he's had enough-- a customer is being a dick, a door-to-door salesman won't take no for an answer, the street people outside are raising a ruckus, or whatever-- pleasant and respectful go out the window and you see an incredibly forceful personality take over the situation and deal with all bullshit very quickly. I believe Trudeau is probably much the same. CCC called him up in the middle of a crisis to bother her with
**** he didn't have time for and thought she'd be talking to the Sunny Ways guy, but instead she ended up talking to the formidable no-time-for-this-
**** guy instead.
That's my sense, anyway. My hunch is that when the doors are closed, Mr Trudeau is a much more commanding and imposing person than the gentle, woke person we see on TV, and is used to getting what he wants.
-k