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Unprincipled. Opportunistic. Shameless. Unscrupulous. Arrogant. Duplicitous. Fraudulent. Untrustworthy.
Add another adjective to the list of those that have been used to describe David Emerson lately: gutless.
In addition to ducking and dodging his angry constituents, the Honourable Minister for the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics has been invisible at a series of recent high-profile events directly related to his ministerial responsibilities. These include the Torino Winter Olympic Games (including the Vanoc portion of the closing ceremony), the February 27th press conference at Vancouver International Airport, the February 28th Olympic flag-raising at Vancouver City Hall and the ceremonial lighting of the English Bay inukshuk.
Was Mr. Emerson, likely not one to spurn an all-expense paid luxury trip to Italy with all the VIP treatment he would have been afforded along the way, too busy to fly to Europe for the pomp and ceremony? Was he unable to go to the Olympic-related events in Vancouver? Or are he and his new Conservative colleagues too nervous about the fire he draws whenever he pokes his head up out of the trenches and appears in public?
Whatever the explanation, Mr. Emerson is clearly not thriving in his new role. In fact, he is hamstrung, his credibility irreparably damaged. It is high time he resigned his seat to enable a byelection to be called.
The Honourable David Emerson and his best buddy from a former life, Ujjal Dosanjh, shown in slightly happier times.
