[Patek23]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

For the record I don't think Kenney's chief of staff was a big deal, in isolation.

Elected officials? Sure. Sliding scale for the oversight level i.e. Municipal < Provincial < Federal. But the vacations themselves are tone-deaf and a bad look on the individual level. I don't honestly give a #### if people who work for government in unelected roles want to take a vacation to Hawaii, it's no different than your neighbor going to Mexico. These are not people that control restrictions or spend time telling us to hunker down. They do not claim to represent us, they are employees. I also don't expect the premier or the mayor to attempt to ban people from doing whatever they want on their time off, if I myself am able to do the very same thing.

Outright lying about it (how much you knew, how much control you have), engaging in weird videos telling people to stay home while you're on vacay, and trotting out sob-story excuses about how much you deserved that beach vacation? That's why these turned into big issues for elected officials.

I don't care if you go to Hawaii. I don't care if some random unelected person on a city or provincial paycheque goes to Hawaii, from the janitors to the chief of staff. I do care if the people who we elected, and who are both the ones responsible for the restrictions and the ones responsible for ensure their electorate follows them, take a vacation. And I do care if elected officials make excuses and lie about it.

Own it, move on. Seems simple. Escapes most.

Fair enough. Thanks for clarifying.