Dubé denies Coderre’s hint at influence
Earlier Thursday, Denis Coderre tweeted that he was grateful to health minister Christian Dubé for helping with his parents’ vaccine registrations and now Dubé is denying he let Coderre pull his strings.
Friday morning, Coderre too is trying to back away from this misstep.
jeather 22:01 on 2021-02-25 Permalink
I tried to see if there were slots available here (I didn’t make an appointment, I just clicked through a few sites) and there is a lot of availability, so I’m not sure that Dube really did all that much if anything. I’m not a fan of either of them, but this seems like looking for something to be mad about. There are lots of real things to be mad about, not that Coderre (maybe) asked for help in getting his eligible parents appointments on a website that is not the most intuitive out there.
Kate 23:24 on 2021-02-25 Permalink
I don’t think it’s about being mad, it’s just interesting that Coderre (who may still have political ambitions) sees no problem in not only using connections, but openly boasting about it.
Kevin 23:51 on 2021-02-25 Permalink
Reading more of his tweets and La Presse’s article, it looks like he came across a problem with the software that wouldn’t let people put in required info, and so called someone on Dubé’s staff and the issue was fixed.
Sounds more like calling someone high up to report a tech problem, if anyone wants to give someone the benefit of the doubt
jeather 10:17 on 2021-02-26 Permalink
“Hey look, unlike Plante, the provincial government doesn’t hate ME” could be a selling point, maybe.
Meezly 10:35 on 2021-02-26 Permalink
Vaccine-humble-bragging and vaccine-shaming — trending in 2021.