What is the purpose of all of François Legault's statements?
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How are our Prime Minister's repeated outings useful for “negotiations” between the government and the striking unions?
On this 18th day of the strike, the interests of children are at stake. The Prime Minister should stop being a nuisance.
It becomes downright painful.
A call to… inefficiency
Two weeks ago, François Legault called on the unions to end their strike for the “good of our children.”
He didn't negotiate, he communicated. He didn't speak to the unions, he targeted the supportive parents of the striking teachers.
Condescension is the word that comes to mind when we see the Prime Minister posing as a guardian of the “welfare of our children” in the face of teachers so angry that they decide to strike without pay to defend what remains of the public school.
Effect of PM? The anger among the striking teachers increased tenfold. An even more difficult negotiation.
And yesterday another completely useless rhetorical pirouette.
“I hope all children return to school on Monday,” he said.
What's the point?
In fact, it is only tactical: if there is no return to classes on Monday, it is easier to blame the unions.
Or another hypothesis: Is the Prime Minister sticking his nose into traffic to secure his share of credits in the negotiations that see his star fading?
And by the way, I almost forgot: How does all of this serve the proverbial “well-being of our children”?
At least no damage
François Legault has been in politics for 25 years. There were negotiations.
If the Prime Minister does not understand that his outings are not helping in any way, that his role should elevate him above his cheap media operations and, above all, if he is unable to properly negotiate with the unions, we can start to worry about the next three years of his term.