Mario Levesque (Photo: courtesy of Daniel St. Louis, from Mount Allison University website)
An associate politics professor at Mount Allison University believes constituents should be outraged about recent trips numerous politicians have taken outside the country or even beyond their own provinces.
Mario Levesque calls the behaviour irresponsible by flouting the advice of their own public health officials not to travel.
“They are leaders, they are in positions of authority and it’s not good enough to talk the talk, they have to walk the talk as well. Leadership is about guiding people and doing the right things yourself as well and for a number of them that simply was not the case.”
Levesque says the public really should question those politicians and their judgment skills and he says if those are the kind of decisions they’re making, what other poor decisions are they making elsewhere?
One New Brunswick politician said they followed public health protocols and were isolating but Levesque adds the bigger issue is don’t move – don’t go anywhere.
Natural resources minister Mike Holland admitted he travelled to rural Nova Scotia over the holidays to visit his significant other and said he was self-isolating when he returned home.
When it comes to the pandemic, Levesque says the biggest issue for safety is to reduce contact with other people anywhere.
