Pity poor James Moore. Once touted as ministerial material, the Fred Flintstone of Parliament Hill is reduced to crashing other governments' announcements just to get his photo in the paper.
While the transit authority, BC and local governments have stepped up to the plate in the long-delayed (and still in dream state) promise of rapid transit to the communities of Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam, Moore could only bring his bulky, Raymond Burr-ish frame for a fairly useless shadow effect. It seems Harper's team has been too busy spending hundreds of millions on Quebec City's 400th birthday celebrations, Quebec's so-called fiscal imbalance, tax incentives for those buying emission-spewing gas guzzlers built next door to Jim Flaherty's riding, and tax breaks for devil weed grown in Diane 'Shady' Finley's riding...
James, who most would agree is likeable until he switches to 'robotic CON spin' mode, went from political wannabe to Canada's youngest MP in a matter of no other options. When it comes down to career politicians, he's adept at what he does, but appears to have stepped on someone's shoes. Perhaps the Star Trek-style battle to be Ms Teskey er Harper's party beard with John Baird ended up in embarrassment.
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