So Trudeau is a crook?
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dumb and dumber.Hoid and Cannuck are arguing. Talk about low definition entertainment...
Well, is it being built yet? I do believe the courts killed it so once again, you are stupid and wrong. Ooooo Groper spent $4.5 billion for nothing and yet you think that actually constitutes something.
I couldn't sum up Justin Trudeau's & SNC Lavolin's position better that the two of you above. Great job to both of you!!
That's what I meant. The U.S. and the UK? Or maybe it was Australia? Already had a similar laws, of which SNC Lavalin pushed for and received thanks to the Trudeau government.
I think the issues involved in the SNC-Lavalin affair and the Trans-Mountain pipeline, although complex in both cases, are radically different. It's an unfortunate human trait to seize on any high-profile event to make a comparison, to boost one's own victim status; but the anger of those affected in one case tells us nothing about the issues in the other.
Not going to happen. Trudeau will be out on his butt, no pun, in the next election. They really overplayed their hand and the Prime Minister has been called out as a liar and a phony by both Robyn Urback of the CBC and Warren Kinsella, former advisor to Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
Urback had an interesting column on the CBC website.
If Jane Philpott doesn't have confidence in Justin Trudeau, why should anyone else?: Robyn Urback
Robyn Urback
If your stomach can handle it, spend a few minutes listening to the interview Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland gave to CBC's Ottawa Morning last week, the day after Jody Wilson-Raybould testified before the House of Commons justice committee.
Wilson-Raybould, you'll recall, spent the previous afternoon meticulously filleting the prime minister's credibility on the SNC-Lavalin file, calling the pressure on her to seek a remediation agreement for the company in its criminal case "consistent and sustained." Wilson-Raybould manoeuvred the knife like a Michelin-star chef, placing Justin Trudeau at the centre of the alleged influence campaign.
That's why it was so off-putting to listen to Freeland, speaking to radio host Robyn Bresnahan the next morning, slobbering over the bones Wilson-Raybould had left behind when she exited the committee room last Wednesday.
"Of course I support the prime minister 100 per cent," Freeland said, adding she was "clearly of the view that the prime minister would never apply improper pressure."
That was despite what the former attorney general described in assiduous detail the day prior.
Freeland lauded the decision for Trudeau to waive solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality as an "exercise in democracy." (Though it was only a partial waiver, which ostensibly should make it only a partial exercise in democracy.) And she dodged the question of whether she believed Wilson-Raybould's testimony, saying: "I believe that she spoke — as she said she wanted to do — her truth."
You have to listen to the interview to appreciate the full effect, but suffice to say, it was the sort of sycophantic performance characteristic of — and perfected in — the early days of #TeamTrudeau. Freeland didn't just pledge her allegiance to the prime minister (which, granted, you sort of have to do as a cabinet member), she actually extolled his handling of the affair — as if the conflicting messages, sloppy smear jobs and clumsy attempts at obfuscation never happened.
Freeland was gushing over a plate of bones, trying to convince us they still looked tasty.
Contrast that with the statement released by Philpott on Monday, when she announced her resignation as president of the Treasury Board and exit from cabinet.
Philpott said she had "lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised." Citing the need for cabinet solidarity, she said it would be "untenable" for her to continue to serve as a minister.
A million more Freeland-type ovations can't undo what Philpott did in a few hundred words: she told the doe-eyed #TeamTrudeau hangers-on that their faith in this government is misplaced. And she said she would not be able to fulfil her duties as a minister if it meant publicly defending the government.
That's a devastating message from her especially; Philpott is capable, venerable and widely respected both in and out of Liberal circles. She can't be written off as a cabinet minister disgruntled about a demotion or an opposition leader out for blood. Philpott is a Liberal — a widely admired one — and she doesn't have faith in the prime minister.
And if she doesn't, as someone privy to the conversations around the cabinet table about this whole affair, why should anyone else?
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I love it when the retards advertise to the whole wide world what imbeciles they are. Makes the rest of us look good. 
Quote: Originally Posted by Decapoda View Post
"The Liberals are constantly telling us that they were doing all this for the 9000 jobs in jeopardy...but it's not true...there were no jobs in jeopardy."
Actually, SNC-Lavalin does directly employ some 8700 people across Canada.
"The Liberals are constantly telling us that they were doing all this for the 9000 jobs in jeopardy...but it's not true...there were no jobs in jeopardy."
Actually, SNC-Lavalin does directly employ some 8700 people across Canada.
Very good post...…………………"There's something rotten in Denmark"
Up until now I have had great admiration and respect for Chrystia Freeland, but that has taken a terrible nosedive as has her credibility. There is no doubt she is very knowledgeable about many things, but it's all ruined by her misplaced admiration for and loyalty to Justin Trudeau. In my mind the source of the problem is the "9000 jobs". Whatever happens most of those jobs aren't likely to disappear. It's very unlikely that Justin is going to totally abandon his promises to engage in infrastructure and the future wealth of Canadians if he is in anyway concerned about his future, prestige and prosperity. The work will continue and someone will be hired to do it. Meanwhile it's mandatory to get rid of the scourge...…………..SNC Lavalin.
I'm pretty sure they spent the $4.5 billion to purchase the existing pipeline and what was spent to date on the expansion.
Just spoke with my 82 year old Liberal father about Raybould. My Dad's quote was...
"You don't send the baby to buy the beer"
lol! Dad is the king of one-liners. I thought that was brilliant!
"You don't send the baby to buy the beer"
lol! Dad is the king of one-liners. I thought that was brilliant!
I was talking to my feminist sister as well about Raybould. Her quote?
It bothers me that Raybould and Philpott are untouchables. They both need to man-up. And why are they both staying in the party??
You go girl!!
It bothers me that Raybould and Philpott are untouchables. They both need to man-up. And why are they both staying in the party??
You go girl!!
I'm very disappointed in Chrystia Freeland too, JLM. Of all the libbie ladies save perhaps for Jane Philpott, I thought she was doing a good job - or the best she could considering what she faced especially in the US re NAFTA. I let her first little comment about the little potato go but the last one sunk her for me.
I may very well be missing something but I too wonder why after openly claiming a lack of confidence in the leader of your party either of them would should choose to stay in the party. It certainly can't make for a comfortable atmosphere when the rest of your colleagues are expressing their faith and you aren't.