I often say it: we raise our children like Caillou’s mother.
Little criss opens a bag of flour and empties it all on the living room carpet?
“Hon, Caillou, my rascal! » you said, nodding your head with a smile in your voice.
No punishment, no consequences.
“A COMPLETE MAN”
Mind you, that’s how it is in politics.
Our leaders are as good-natured as Caillou’s mother when a minister, a senior official or an executive of a state company makes a big blunder.
Take Henri-Paul Rousseau.
When he was boss of the Caisse de dépôt in the early 2000s, this man racked up record losses of 40 billion dollars in the nest egg of Quebecers.
Forty billion of our savings gone! Pfffft!
Well, not only did Mr. Rousseau pocket a severance bonus of $380,000 when he left office to work at Power Corporation, but two years ago, François Legault appointed him general delegate of Quebec in Paris!
For services rendered to the Quebec nation!
“Monsieur Rousseau is a complete being,” said Minister Martine Biron when she announced the appointment of the former boss of the Caisse in the City of Lights.
That is to say full, stuffed, saturated.
Unlike our woolen stockings, which were very light when Mr. Rousseau jumped from the burning plane to be welcomed with open arms by the Desmarais.
That’s how it is, in the upper echelons.
No punishment, no consequences.
« This, Henri-Paul, mon petit credin! »
THE NASTY AND THE KNICK
Another proof that Caillou’s mother is a model for our leaders?
This senior civil servant was responsible for the Phénix pay system, a fiasco which left thousands of civil servants in ruins and which would make the SAAQclic scandal look like a joke.
What happened to Madame Di Paola when the shit hit the fan?
She was appointed “special advisor” to the Ministry of Public Services and Procurement.
Yes, ma’am!
“Hon, Rosanna, my little naughty girl! »
Denis Marsolais, does that mean anything to you?
He was CEO of the SAAQ between 2021 and 2023, when the “digital transformation” project entered its critical phase.
He was shown the door… to appoint him president of the Consumer Protection Office!
Where he was also wiped out a few months later!
Last November, my colleague from Journal Nicolas Lachance told us that this “double dismissal” continued to receive his full salary from the Quebec state ($253,942 per year) and that he retained all his social benefits (monthly expense account of $1,573).
“Hon, Denis, my little rascal! »
There are plenty of stories like that…
And how many incompetent ministers have never been punished?
THE EXAMPLE COMES FROM ABOVE!
We have been told for some time that parents also have a role to play in the fight against incivility.
“It’s up to you to teach your children to follow the rules!” You must be firmer! Children need supervision, limits! »
I would like to…
But perhaps the State should set a good example, right?
