Another try

Let us do a little thought experiment: Suppose that Prime Minister Trudeau had, instead of Ms Wilson-Raybould, appointed Randeep Sarai (also a lawyer, also from BC's lower mainland, but obviously neither aboriginal nor female) as Justice Minister. Suppose further that he had been shuffled, for whatever reason, from his portfolio into Veterans Affairs just after the Globe broke the SNC-Lavalin story.
Would anyone be crying "scandal"?

Letter to the Globe

The editor:
Now that so many commentators have decided the shuffle of Jody Wilson-Raybould is both a feminist and an aboriginal issue, with the clear implication that she was consequently politically untouchable, one wonders whether we will ever see such an appointment again.

Another (very mi9nor) diesel adventure

On Sunday, as I was pulling up the hill just outside our house, the car burped. Then immediately resumed normal operation. But the yellow engine icon came on, and that means "take it to the dealer".
Except it was not there on Monday, so I assumed a temporary aberration.
However, it came back yesterday so I phoned for an appointment. In any case it was also due for routine maintenance.
The car and I were at the garage in Courtenay by 10 this morning; I was told it would be about two hours.
As usual.
Got out my laptop and read all about the Jody scandal, from numerous points of view. None changed my own.
Just before noon Michael, the service manager, came to tell me that they'd found the problem, and the resolution would be replacing the intake manifold, which would take not less than 3 hours and they had one in stock. The good news: the fix was a belated part of the emissions fix, so it wouldn't cost anything.
I decided my day was hooped anyway, so rather than reschedule, told him to have his technician go ahead.
Took myself to lunch at the pub, came back, finished the paper, and was done by 2:30, home by 3:30.
The car runs like a top, just as it did before I took it in.
But there's no engine icon.