Why I’ve Continued to Support Manitoba’s Health Minister
How the urge to blame leads to poor conclusions
Abstract
Manitoba Health Minister Cameron Friesen has come under some fire recently, and I've taken a few personal hits for defending him in conversation or social media posts. In this essay I posit that most of the criticism is not well-considered, overlooking the attendant facts or possible alternative actions. Some of the criticisms, where well-founded, are misdirected, while others call for unwarranted retributive action. I find many of these to be based in anger and frustration. As such, the bulk of these criticisms are unhelpful in the current situation of the global pandemic, as they undermine confidence and spread the same anger and frustration without a firm basis for either.