Most likely, with the release of yesterday's "minority report" on Ruby Dhalla's nanny problems, you will see the issue fade from the public eye. Just a few final comments, then.
Having spent about two months following the issue (on English language Sikh forums, Filipino Canadian media outlets, and Brampton-area message boards), it seems clear that not everyone in the relevant communities is enamored with either Ms. Dhalla or her family's business practices. And I probably would not want to work for them as a domestic (although that basement apartment does look rather sweet).
But never did that old saying "Let's not make a federal case of it" ring so true. A couple of workers have trouble with their employer, quit after less than a month's service, and turn parliament into a monkey show. You can't but agree with the minority report's main conclusion: that this was an exercise in partisan politics designed to damage Ms. Dhalla's standing in the community and wreck her re-election hopes.
Given what the latest Ekos polls show about the Libs standing in Ontario, these efforts have apparently failed.
During the next election, will the matter get rolled out again in her riding? If not, these things fade from most of the public mind. People start to look at other issues.
ReplyDeleteSame thing with Lisa Raitt. Even if she loses her post, if the Harper government is still around in 6 months, she could very well be back.
I think I made the same comment on my own blog. At the end of the day, while having immigrant servants itself creates an intersting juxtaposition for someone trying to portray themselves as "of the people", the tawdry details of an employer/employee dispute are hardly matters of national interest..
ReplyDeleteMuch like the private conversations between two people who get accidentally (?) recorded..
Chantel Hebert, of all people, takes shots at Layton and Ignatieff for, pretty much, doing the exact same thing they are complaining of.
Raitt isn't going anywhere, and neither is Dhalla.
Oh. By the way. The WHO suggests we are in a world-wide pandemic similar to the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, which is now intensifying in first nations communities in Manitoba.
Memo to Commons - maybe actually talk about something that matters for a change?
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