Yesterday we saw our new Finance Minister Ralph Goodale talking out of both sides of his mouth. Either that or reporters from two different newspapers heard the same words and took two diametrically opposed meanings from them.
Today Goodale continued his pre-budget tour and proved that, aside from having trouble with numbers, he doesn't understand the meaning of the word irony either.
The purpose of the meeting was to let a small group of people see the process a finance minister goes through, said Goodale, who stood in front of two large red banners bearing the words "Listening to Canadians."Listening to only a select group of Canadians, it seems. It was by invitation only.
At least he doesn't speak French.