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London MP Arielle Kayabaga dropped from Mark Carney's Cabinet.
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Arielle Kayabaga was dumped from her role with Carney's new slimmed-down cabinet.
Arielle spent just 60 days in Cabinet, while Parliament wasn’t even sitting. It was clearly a photo-op ahead of elections. Once the headlines faded, so did her appointment. That’s not empowerment; it’s exploitation.
Maybe Mark realized Arielle wouldn’t be a token?
Maybe Mark also knew that this melanated woman would take her role seriously? Her WEF recognition as a 2023 Young Global Leader and her "Politician of the Year" award from One Young World raise concerns, not about her talent, but about how her seriousness might align with globalist agendas.
Mark seems to have taken notes from his friend and hype man, Doug Ford, as Jamil Jivani accurately described him, on the politics of tokenism. Everyone sees it, yet few are doing anything to stop it, including Arielle Kayabaga herself.
One person I respect in this fight is Brian Matthews whose petition shows he's serious:
🔗 https://www.change.org/p/replace-doug-ford-as-leader-of-ontario-pc
I hope this is a wake-up call for Arielle. It would be tragic if she unknowingly became part of the same corrupt leadership structure her family fled Burundi at age 11. Immigrants often rationalize that it’s not the same, because it doesn’t look like war, but corruption wears many suits.
Does she believe in her own merit or fear testing it outside the Liberal banner? Is her seat earned or handed down by party privilege?
Too many MPs seem more loyal to their paycheque than their principles. They stay in titles that pay, instead of standing in titles that require conviction.
MP Leslyn Lewis is right—progressive liberals have long tokenized melanated women. But so do Progressive Conservatives. Doug Ford perfected it. He even cancelled my candidacy interview for my own riding hours before it began because Doug knows I am not a token.
Doug, Mark, and Justin don’t lead parties—they run closed clubs. Loyalty to them outweighs integrity, and that’s why I’m shocked Arielle is okay staying under that kind of leadership.
Mark used her as a temporary headline. How is that any different from the way Justin treated women in his cabinet? It’s not.
Again, I hope Arielle sees this for what it is. She deserved more than a scripted role in a dishonest production.
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