It's easy to say (unfortunately) that this minister--like some of her other cabinet colleagues--is naive and inexperienced.  That's bad enough.  But what the talkshow smack-down and this piece strongly suggests is that she is appears self-centred and wilful.  THAT, in a politician is unforgivable. But, to some degree, those qualities are also found in other neophyte cabinet colleagues as well. Driven by their own agendas, they simply don't stop to hear the agenda of others affected by their decisions or indecisions, whether it's universities and women (Minister of Science), taxpayers and many Aboriginal peoples (Minister of Crown--Indigenous Relations), suffering veterans (former Minister of Veteran Affairs--shuffled to People with Disabilities), small business owners (Minister of Finance).

Worse, they are so obsessed with their own agenda that they are deaf to the voices of dissent when they speak out.