Tony Clement Maintains Airport Composure

It would seem more often than not these days that Tory Ministers behavior in airports is front page news. Sometimes the ensuing story is not about a Minister behaving badly, but rather like today maintaining their composure while being victimized by malicious privileged celebrities exploiting their power over others for personal gain. Take Tony Clement, who while innocently waiting in line to board his plane after the Juno Awards last night suddenly became a victim. Pop star Justin Beiber bribed airport officials with autographed pictures, which where then leveraged to cut to the front of the line. The whole time Tony maintained his composure, dispelling the stereotype of Tory Ministers behaving badly in airports.

What's ironic about this situation is that during "letters to the editor-gate" I began to ponder aloud if there was a pattern to Helena's misfortunes. I then wrote "There's a reason that there is never any controversy swirling around Tony Clement, because he is a highly competent minister". And then this weekend we see that under extraordinary circumstances, Tony maintained his composure and did cabinet proud. Listen, a lot of us could speculate what we think we'd do if Justin Beiber cut in line in front of us, but you just can't know until you walk a mile in those shoes.