Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen to take another personal day (Ottawa talk for vacation) in the middle of a pandemic, economic downturn and the WE scandal.
Trudeau's personal day may be seen to be particularly offensive as it is Andrew Scheer's last day in the House of Commons as the Conservative Party leader.
No other leader has chosen to follow in Justin Trudeau's footsteps: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet are all working today, regardless of the prime minister's attendance.
Even outside of Ottawa, both Premier Jason Kenney and Premier Doug Ford have both chosen, like most ordinary Canadians, to work today.
Justin Trudeau has taken 4 personal days so far this week. Brian Lilley reported in the Toronto Sun that the prime minister had been cottaging in Ontario. This, however, was not information that the PMO gave voluntarily to the Canadian public.
Journalist Alex Pierson tweeted at the prime minister, saying "today you should show up for work and do your damned job. No other elected official in this county is vacationing."
Last month, Trudeau was criticized for taking a personal day during the height of the WE scandal. Scheer said that Trudeau was taking this vacation to avoid parliamentary scrutiny, saying "instead of showing up to answer questions, as he said he would last week, he's taking a personal day today."
Justin Trudeau has been criticized before for his Liberal use of personal days. In 2018, the Conservative Party created a website that highlighted whether the prime minister was on a vacation or not.
Similarly, in June of last year, the prime minister was lampooned for taking a personal day when he should've been attending the repatriation of a fallen Canadian soldier.
"He chose the date at which the House of Commons would convene, and he's not showing up for work today," concluded the leader of the opposition on the topic.
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