Western Standard - June 23, 2022


Theresa Tam receives a 22% pay raise


Episode Stats


Length

43 seconds

Words per minute

168.19853

Word count

122

Sentence count

13


Summary

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Tam Yajia gets a raise and a new contract from the Prime Minister's Office. Why does the PM reward incompetence? Why do they reward loyalty? And why is it so important that she stays loyal to the PM?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 It's one error after another.
00:00:02.200 This government rewards incompetence.
00:00:05.680 It rewards lackluster performances.
00:00:08.460 You know, what it really is, is they reward loyalty.
00:00:12.880 As much as Tam didn't bring about the confidence of Canadians,
00:00:17.680 as much as she didn't manage the pandemic well,
00:00:21.460 she stayed loyal to Prime Minister Trudeau.
00:00:23.960 So they make sure, well, we'll grease your palm.
00:00:25.600 Don't worry, we'll make sure you're covered.
00:00:27.020 We got your back, Ms. Tam.
00:00:29.160 And there we go.
00:00:30.160 So there's that raise.
00:00:31.100 And I'm sure, well, I think they signed her to another three years contract.
00:00:33.720 So yeah, we're not going to get away without seeing her smiling face
00:00:39.080 greeting us on TV screens for at least three years at this rate anyways.