It would be tolerable – though just barely – if Gary Anandasangaree was, say, minister of Fisheries, or minister of Artificial Intelligence. One does not need to know about gun licensing, for example, to work on a transition plan away from open net-pen salmon farming on the West coast; a firewall preventing a minister from weighing in on matters involving listed terrorist organizations would not affect approvals for AI data centres. One requires good judgment to serve as any member of Cabinet, to be sure, but the stakes are decidedly higher when we’re talking about the safety and security of the country, as opposed to the safety and security of the Rocky Mountain ridged mussel.
