The little guy gets to speak directly with the PM.
Too bad Trump doesn't have the balls to do something like this.
I guess he's just too busy enjoying the swamp.
Trudeau defends Khadr payment, pot legalization and role of ethics commissioner in N.S. town hall
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off his town hall tour in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, taking questions that ranged from pot legalization to funding for post-secondary education. But he could not escape his government's payout to Omar Khadr or his own ethical violations.
One of the more direct questions during the event in Lower Sackville, N.S., came from a young woman who asked about Trudeau's recent censure by Mary Dawson, the parliamentary ethics commissioner, who found he violated some provisions of the Conflict of Interest Act when he vacationed on a private island owned by the Aga Khan.
"I am just curious about how you feel about being the first prime minister ever found guilty of a federal crime," a young woman asked.
"If he is a longtime family friend of yours, since you've known [him] since [he was] a kid, you're probably not supposed to be giving money to his foundation. And if he is a lobbyist, and you are giving money to his foundation, then you probably shouldn't be taking bribes from him," she added.
Trudeau responded that his recent violations were evidence that "our system works" but went on to call the Aga Khan "a longtime family friend" despite Dawson's ruling that there was no evidence to support that claim.
"If I had to do it all again I would have worked with the commissioner from the outset, even though this was a friend, and we would have followed the recommendations that were given no matter what they were," he said.
Trudeau defends Khadr payment, pot legalization and role of ethics commissioner in N.S. town hall - Politics - CBC News
Too bad Trump doesn't have the balls to do something like this.
I guess he's just too busy enjoying the swamp.
Trudeau defends Khadr payment, pot legalization and role of ethics commissioner in N.S. town hall
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off his town hall tour in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, taking questions that ranged from pot legalization to funding for post-secondary education. But he could not escape his government's payout to Omar Khadr or his own ethical violations.
One of the more direct questions during the event in Lower Sackville, N.S., came from a young woman who asked about Trudeau's recent censure by Mary Dawson, the parliamentary ethics commissioner, who found he violated some provisions of the Conflict of Interest Act when he vacationed on a private island owned by the Aga Khan.
"I am just curious about how you feel about being the first prime minister ever found guilty of a federal crime," a young woman asked.
"If he is a longtime family friend of yours, since you've known [him] since [he was] a kid, you're probably not supposed to be giving money to his foundation. And if he is a lobbyist, and you are giving money to his foundation, then you probably shouldn't be taking bribes from him," she added.
Trudeau responded that his recent violations were evidence that "our system works" but went on to call the Aga Khan "a longtime family friend" despite Dawson's ruling that there was no evidence to support that claim.
"If I had to do it all again I would have worked with the commissioner from the outset, even though this was a friend, and we would have followed the recommendations that were given no matter what they were," he said.
Trudeau defends Khadr payment, pot legalization and role of ethics commissioner in N.S. town hall - Politics - CBC News
