More Canadian Cabinet News:  The important stuff!

There was a fascinating graphic in the Globe and Mail yesterday.  First there was a breakdown of the ministers by Province of origin.  Presumably the idea was to show how fair and balanced Paul Martin was in deciding the makeup of the Cabinet.  But that wasn't the interesting part, the graphic also included a vital statistic, one that lets us know immediately if a cabinet is acceptable.

Gender.

That's right.  Some minsters might have more experience than others, or they might possess special qualifications for the post.  However, as we all know, none of that really matters.  The worthiness of a federal Canadian cabinet is decided by the genitalia of its members.  In particular, your grade is based on the number of female members.

• Previous Cabinet: 11/38 = 29%
• New Cabinet: 9/39 = 23%

As you can see, there was a shocking decline of 6%, which makes this cabinet racist, sexist, homophobic, disablephobic, maltaphobic, and, most important, discriminates against Ukrainians. 

It seems that the idea is that the cabinet should reflect the population of Canada.  For example, about 50% of our population is female, so 50% of the cabinet posts should go to women.  In that spirit of things, therefore, I demand the following Cabinet makeup:

• 15 "real" Canadians
• 8 English Canadians
• 6 French Canadians
• 5 Irish Canadians
• 3 German Canadians
• 1 Italian Canadian
• 1 Chinese Canadian
• 1 Ukrainian Canadian

That is a cabinet of 40.  I had to add one member to the Cabinet because I didn't want to leave the Ukrainian out, but unfortunately our "North American Indians" get screwed out of a Cabinet member.  Perhaps they should procreate more.  Jews don't even come close, we should probably get a quota system going to keep them out, since they are really overrepresented.  Now, there should obviously be 4 male English Canadians, and 4 female English Canadians, but I'm not sure what to do about the Italian.  Should it be a male or female Italian?  Either way, about half a million Italians will be screwed out of their representation.

And, finally, my absolute pet peeve.  How many cabinet members are under 30?  Huh? And you call that representative?

Some people might say that ethnic origin doesn't matter, but I figure it matters just as much as gender.  So, I leave it open to to everyone... either judge the minsters on their qualifications, or be consistent in your demands for a proportional cabinet.