Re: OT: Canadian Politics
I'm really not sure what you're on about here. This is the situation broken down into sections
1) Senior provincial politician goes on personal trip (which he paid for himself) to Europe.
2) Said politician transfers 2.29 gigs of work files (AKA...**** all) while on vacation, not at all rare for high level professionals to deal with work matters while on vacation
3) Due to ridiculous roaming rates that the politician had no reason of knowing/thinking about (quick poll...how many of FI's professionals who carry work phones know what their corporate plan details are?...yep, thought so), he was charged a ridiculous amount of money for a pittance in data
4) His employer paid for the roaming charges
What was he supposed to do? Was he supposed to manage his own cell phone plan? How many senior managers in the world do shit like sit on hold with telus or worry themselves about the details concerning their company phones? If there was a **** up here, it's in his people not handling their bosses professional affairs properly. As a senior provincial politician it's entirely likely that he would go on trade missions to foreign countries, or other international events to promote Alberta business, immigration, etc. It's incredible that the people who manage his office details didn't have this handled for him.