It’s too serious to be funny, but the committee set up to investigate why the Emergencies Act was used has acquired more than a touch of farce.
The options laid before the special parliamentary committee are twofold: Mendacious Marco or Misunderstood Minister Mendicino?
My concern goes rather beyond the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde dyad of Mendacious Marco/Misunderstood Mendicino. Whether or not one minister lied about the Emergencies Act, the more significant development is that many of our ministers have been telling us things that aren’t true almost daily for the past two years. The mendacity/misunderstanding matter may have simply arisen from ministers getting out of practice in telling the truth.
The surge in demand was “unprecedented.” Not true. The alleged totally-out-of-the-blue post-pandemic rise in passport applications turns out to be within the pre-pandemic five-year range — 2.5 to 5 million. It wasn’t even necessary to forecast the future, but simply prepare for what had been done in the recent past.
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