People need to stop representing the $16 orange juice as the reason Bev fucking Oda resigned. She did way more than that.
First of all. There was the darts. She chain-smoked like a motherfucker and loved nothing more than smoking in non-smoking hotel suites and billing the taxpayer for the fees. Then there was her office, where she chain-smoked until she was told she absolutely could not do that, so she got an expensive air-purifying and continued to chain-smoke in her office.
Then, there was the dicey fundraising. Getting the taxpayers to pay for limos wherever she went (such as to events dedicated to children in poverty.) Changing the wording of a memo after it was signed, fucking over a charity that she didn't like.
Why was this tolerated? Because she was the first real public diversity hire in Canada, first using diversity to get herself an undeserved spot in the media and then using it to get herself into government and then the cabinet.
The $16 orange juice was just the point the media seized on so the nation didn't go nuts and cast her adrift on an iceberg by force.
Here's what else she did during that trip...
She was attending a conference on immunizing poor people and the benefits to world health. She was provided a hotel room, she was provided transportation, she was provided with food.
That wasn't good enough for Bev Oda though. That hotel was too shabby for her tastes (it should be noted that we're talking about a world class hotel), someone of her calibre clearly deserved the Savoy. The finest hotel ever created.
Of course, she did smoke in her non-smoking room incurring a charge that was passed on to the taxpayer.
Oh, and since she was staying at the Savoy she'd need a limo to take her to the conference because one really can't be seen in anything less at a hotel of that magnitude.
A $16 glass of orange juice was the most minor bit of extravagance during that affair.
Bev Oda can fuck right off.
People need to stop representing the $16 orange juice as the reason Bev fucking Oda resigned. She did way more than that.
First of all. There was the darts. She chain-smoked like a motherfucker and loved nothing more than smoking in non-smoking hotel suites and billing the taxpayer for the fees. Then there was her office, where she chain-smoked until she was told she absolutely could not do that, so she got an expensive air-purifying and continued to chain-smoke in her office.
Then, there was the dicey fundraising. Getting the taxpayers to pay for limos wherever she went (such as to events dedicated to children in poverty.) Changing the wording of a memo after it was signed, fucking over a charity that she didn't like.
Why was this tolerated? Because she was the first real public diversity hire in Canada, first using diversity to get herself an undeserved spot in the media and then using it to get herself into government and then the cabinet.
The $16 orange juice was just the point the media seized on so the nation didn't go nuts and cast her adrift on an iceberg by force.
Here's what else she did during that trip...
She was attending a conference on immunizing poor people and the benefits to world health. She was provided a hotel room, she was provided transportation, she was provided with food.
That wasn't good enough for Bev Oda though. That hotel was too shabby for her tastes (it should be noted that we're talking about a world class hotel), someone of her calibre clearly deserved the Savoy. The finest hotel ever created.
Of course, she did smoke in her non-smoking room incurring a charge that was passed on to the taxpayer.
Oh, and since she was staying at the Savoy she'd need a limo to take her to the conference because one really can't be seen in anything less at a hotel of that magnitude.
A $16 glass of orange juice was the most minor bit of extravagance during that affair.
Bev Oda can fuck right off.