For those of you who haven't heard yet, Helena Guergis, Minister of State for the Status of Women, was caught earlier this week suffering from an apparently severe case of airport rage. This Globe and Mail report speaks for itself.
The Liberal opposition, predictably, has already asked for Guergis' resignation. Although the allegations detailed in the above report are indeed hair raising, it still seems a bit rich to fire an obviously overtired cabinet minister for a mistake that is not directly related to her job. Past Cabinet ministers, after all, have survived far worse offences (see: Maxime Bernier).
A far better reason to fire Guergis is that she has consistently shown herself to be among the least effective and most partisan MPs in this government, which, given the dearth of talent in Conservative ranks, really is saying something. Guergis' puerile behaviour in parliamentary debates is surpassed only by a certain Pierre Polievre. Her reaction to this affair is a case in point. Rather than issue an outright and sincere apology, as most MPs in her situation would have done, she followed the ethical beacon of Tiger Woods by 'saying she regrets that she “spoke emotionally” to Air Canada staff''.
... Throwing her shoes at a security guard... well, that's certainly emotional.
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