Mitchell Advocate, 4 Sep 2024, p. 6

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he furore over former broadcaster Charles Adler’s appointment to the Senate by Prime Minis- ter Justin Trudeau illustrates again the pointless nature of the Upper Chamber. Adler was once a stern crit- ic of the so-called House of Sober Second Thought. Some on the right took him to task for the hypocrisy of accepting an appointment to a place for which he once had so much contempt. On the other side of the ledger, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called for Governor-Gen- eral Mary Simon and Trudeau to rescind the appointment based on strong words Adler had for Indigenous leaders after tumul- tuous protests at the Manitoba Legislature 25 years ago. This is a curious case of cancel culture clashing with Senate reform — and Adler's own words coming back to haunt him - from the left and the right. Adler has offered to meet with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to discuss their con- cerns. At the time, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council dismissed th int as fair 6 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 MITCHELL ADVOCATE ESTABGASHED 1:66:90 ANDY BADER, EDITOR Published weekly by the Mitchell Advocate, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Deadline for letters to the editor is Fridays at 9 a.m. the week prior to publication. E-mail to: abader@postmedia.com CHARLES ADLER AND THE NEED FOR SENATE REFORM strong opinions. You may not agree with his views, but they shouldn’t disqualify him from a government appointment in the twilight of his years. Sure, the history of former broad- casters in the Senate is one that includes Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, both of whom got caught up in expense boondoggles. This underscores the need to either scrap the Senate or make it an elected body. Early in his mandate, Trudeau claimed he’d reform the Senate and set up a committee to appoint “indepen- dents.” That turned into a sham. Arecent CBC study found that eight of the last 12 appointments to the Senate by Trudeau had donated to the Liberal Party or worked federally or provincially for them. With the appointment last week of Tracy Muggli, who’s run federally twice for the Lib- erals and is a long-time donot to the party, that number rises to nine. J Let’s take a deep breath. Adler hastfi’t broken any rules, It’s mist Potatoes have evolved, apparently ANDY BADER Season's Pass I'm not one to brag, I’ve been shopping for groceries for liter- oo two-thirds of my life, and I ‘hink I’m frugal yet efficient. My rise has been steady in the world of food collection, and these last few years I’ve been dispatched to the grocery store to pick up odds and ends more often than I care to count; usually unfamiliar things that are needed to complete whatev- er’s being made in our suddenly cramped kitchen. Often photos of the missing ingredient are sent to my phone, as well as detailed inform: tion via text message or eich a hand-written note, and there I go, walking up and down the valu-mart aisles on the hunt. I often bump into others in the same predicament, eral folks of th against the law to exp’ ions some may find ceeriaivet Debate Senate reform, by all means. sei 't indulge in charac- political commentary. Everyone’s allowed to change their views. As acommenta- tor, Adler was paid to have ter ion against some- one who’s had an honourable and decent career. ~Postmedia but I try my best to hide ay dilemma, ne cool and casi But the other r day, while the pores. usual chef wa: blind, but I get to work, her backup had ee ae to see why we need specific dishes on her agenda to com- tatoes to become the main plete: zucchini cake and potato salad, and my assignment — should I choose to accept it - was to get some potatoes. We had been gifted a large zuc- chini and had most of the other ingredients in-house, including ahalf-finished 10-Ib. bag of pota- toes leaning against the pantry, not to mention a few others ina 5- a Ree already on the counter. ‘illy me, I questioned the chef ae the need for potatoes when I could see with my own two eyes that we had some already in our Possession. In fact, remember purchasing the half-used 10-Ib. bag myself not that long ago, and even: helped diminish the bag by to find the fone item I've been sent to retri¢ ‘rust me whe Isay I know the difference between salted and unsalted saltine crackers, or creamy or crunchy peanut butter. It’s not my first rodeo. mashed pota- toes we had served with a pot Toast a few days earlier. “We need red Potatoes: Iwas told. The half-used bag was ae ered seconds (remember whe: said I was frugal?), and the ces on the counter were yellow ingredient for a salad featur- ing potatoes. So again, with my life hanging precariously in the balance, I waded deep into unchartered territory and tried to raise the point that it’s a salad with potatoes in it, what’s the big deal? Why c: a ’t we use up what we have first No longer ai incar- tying on the debate as she was already running late, the chef abruptly pointed out that we live ina different world now, that evolution has allowed for specific potatoes to be used for specific things. almost ready to find the potato salad recipe the sous chef was going to use to complete the task to see if indeed it clearly stated that for this particular potato salad, red potatoes were required, but didn’t think I should press my luck any more than I already had. Ikinda like potato salad. Postscript: It was very good!

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