Jason Kenney was heavily criticized today after he appointed the country music singer and anti-human trafficking campaigner Paul Brandt to the government's anti-trafficking task force.
Brandt has a long and public history of fighting against human trafficking: he founded the anti-trafficking charity Not In My City, and has written publicly about the practice under the title, "Why I’ll never stop fighting to end the atrocity of child sex trafficking."
Despite this, Kenney's enemies took to Twitter to ridicule the move, suggesting that Brandt was unqualified to handle a government-appointed position on the matter.
BREAKING NEWS: The Ford government has just appointed Bryan Adams to head the commission on Long Term Care. Adams says his will work with Paul Brandt, Alberta's new Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force head and they confirm a joint album to be released instead of boring reports. https://t.co/r87OrU0iCt
— Dan_GT2 (@Dan_GT2) May 19, 2020
Other Kenney detractors approached the issue with less nuance.
What? This doesn’t even make sense.
— Lucy ?? (@TheBlueGem3) May 19, 2020
That god I’m not the only who thought that. This is an important issue but NOW? And why a country music star?
— meloppie (@meloppie1) May 19, 2020
Having revealed all this, it seems the tide is turning on social media. Academics, journalists, and politicians all pointed to Brandt's credentials, arguing that he is the right man for the job.
Before joking about the headline and the pick, remember Paul Brandt founded #NotInMyCity and has actively tackled this serious issue for years. And is partnered with the RCMP, CPS, EPS, YYC and YEG airports, Cities of Calgary and Edmonton, MRU, and more. https://t.co/eHpCubkRy4
— Trevor Tombe (@trevortombe) May 19, 2020
Such fantastic news! For years, @paulbrandt (founder of @NIMCAlly) has championed to prevent and end human trafficking in Canada, starting with Alberta. I will forever be an ally with #notinmycity https://t.co/HmNB4RhB4k
— Jamila Kanji (@jamilakanji_) May 19, 2020
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