Opinion: David Johnston keeps collecting great appointments
Poilievre could’ve gone after Johnston based on populist anti-elitism, for which Johnston is clearly eligible, and Conservatives have tested the waters on that. It’s tricky though, since most of them have done little in their adult lives except politics in Ottawa or the provincial capitals, for which they’ve been well paid with public money while building up their pensions.
The existential point at issue is: at what age are you still able to fully undertake The Good Life, when you’ve hopefully accrued some wisdom and patience but still have substantial vigour to expend. Right now it’s pegged at 62 in France, which President Emmanuel Macron, on strictly fiscal grounds, is trying to raise. But if you wait too long, medical issues start predominating, as death impinges on life. As I write, the conflict is teetering.
Simon Kuper of the Financial Times says since moving to France, he’s realized that “on most important issues … the French tend to be right.” You must get to retirement while “your system remains nearly workable.” What subtends the clash, I’d say, is an awareness of the implicit deal between workers and employers. The former give their best, body and spirit, in return for pay, while keeping their own needs and desires at the edges of their lives, when day is done. But at some point, while you can still enjoy it, you deserve to be boss of your own time and efforts, in the full light of day.
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