I don't know if I could have hacked it as a politician during this here pandemic.

Let's take a look at what's happening in Ontario as an example.

Last year, things are shut down, millions of people are out of work, the government steps in to provide support.

Usually, I would imagine, if the government was going to set up a website or a branch or whatever responsible for dishing out millions of dollars, it would take years to create that website, and multiple stakeholders would enthusiastically add helpful input.

The government of Ontario created theirs in (not sure how long it actually took) around a month because people needed money and something had to be done.

If you create something that complex without taking the time to adequately critique it before its suddenly launched, are there going to be hiccups or issues or even well-meaning mistakes?

Yes!

Of course there are.

But yesterday Ontario's auditor general slammed the Ford government for those mistakes or for monies given to ineligible businesses.

Now, let's review.

In the impossible situation, the government does its best to create something practical that can reduce swelling tensions, only to be sincerely critiqued for the understandable issues that arose after it was implemented.

I've never seen such a no-win scenario and it may have driven me right out of politics.

I'd feel worse for Ford if he hadn't bludgeoned the public service before the pandemic hit.

Note to would be politicians hoping to make swift sweeping changes to their jurisdictions: public sector employees are paying attention.

And if they can, they will hit back hard.

Ouch!