Saturday, October 25, 2008

Who Is Capable Of Minding The Shop

I was curious to know who is really minding the shop, after all, let us be fair with at least ourselves. I'd like to think that the men and women of government, who at least legislate our policy for Labour Relations, Labour Rights and even human rights, and for the same who police hiring laws under our constitution would be halfway educated in being able to do so!

It's a shame really,
  • The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Minister of Transportation and Works,
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Community Services
  • Minister of Government Services and Minister Responsible for the Government Purchasing Agency
  • Minister of Labrador Affairs
  • Progressive Conservative Caucus Whip
  • Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment, Minister Responsible for Persons with Disabilities, Minister Responsible for the Labour Relations Agency and Minister Responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation
  • Deputy Chair of Committees of the House of Assembly
  • Deputy Chair of Committees
  • Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development and Minister Responsible for the Rural Secretariat
  • Minister of Health and Community Services
  • Minister of Natural Resources and Minister Responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency

That is eleven high profile post being over seen by either trade school grads or no formal education. Are you scared yet? The Conservatives have 23 university grads, 9 trade school grads and 12 no post secondary education elected to office, all deciding our faith.

In the real anyone without at least a trade school diploma will earn minimum wage. Am I being realistic or fair, maybe not, these fine folk are elected and not hired, however with that said, the ultimate and fundamental standards we shape our society and employment systems around are tossed out the window. It's like being legally able to cheat the democracy.

Brudder

1 comment:

  1. I support "Da Brudder"! Like the old saying, "Truer words were never spoken." Why are politicians exempt from the standard practice of being educated to fill important portfolios? Granted, there are plenty of self-educated intelligent people without university degrees but, without the papers they can't apply for specific government jobs. It would be interesting to see a job advertisement for a minister of the crown and see how many current individuals would even qualify to apply.
    To all you people who think Danny Williams is not with it, you're not the Premier are you! Let's do the shuffle!

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