The shrill is gone

It will come as no surprise to you, dear reader, that I will not be sorry to see Anne McLellan leave government. After all, this is a lady who was Deputy PM mainly because she was from Alberta*, handling a file - "public safety" - at a time when a certain number of Canadians were systematically plucked from their work/homes/flights and taken to be tortured by other countries. Then there's that trademark McLellan voice and short-breath cadence. Landslide Annie's way of taww-KING! [inhale!] to re-PORTERS! [inhale] could drive anyone to invest in a pair of earplugs, if not a pair of Johnnie Walker's.

Hence, the shrill is gone.

..or is it?

With very few women in the CPC caucus, the safe bet is on Rona Ambrose and Diane Albonczy to snap up prominent positions in da cab. I've got nothing against Rona Ambrose - in fact, I think she's a quite capable MP and I'm told, a hard worker to boot. But listening to Diane Albonczy's nails-on-blackboard wailing sends me into Krameresque epileptic convulsions. I have a feeling I'm going to have to keep the Lorazepam handy during Question Period.

*not that there's anything wrong with Alberta. It's a lovely place, and deserves to be represented. It just that geography should not be the single distinguishing qualifier for major cabinet postings, y'dig?