Trudeau 'welcomes' ethics probe of alleged PMO interference in SNC-Lavalin case

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Christie Blatchford: The question remains: Why didn't Wilson-Raybould resign?

nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-the-question-remains-why-didnt-wilson-raybould-resign?


From: http://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02/trudeau-brags-about-having-perfect-gender-balance-among-people-hes-thrown-under-bus/

OTTAWA – Showing politicians everywhere that it can be done, Justin Trudeau proudly announced that he had created complete gender parity with the people he was sacrificing to the political wolves in order to save his own skin.

“It is vital that we give all Canadians, regardless of gender, the opportunity to fulfill the important function of falling on the grenade to protect me from allegations of corruption and pay to play,” said Trudeau.

“Because it’s 2019” he added.

Woman have historically been underrepresented among politics’ human shields. There have been a few examples, like when Kim Campbell was forced to bear the brunt of 9 years of Mulroney government scandals, but they sadly remain the exception.

Trudeau is also being praised for his inclusion of people of colour in the group, something he promised would continue. “Watch out [Defence Minister Harjit] Sajjan and [Immigration Minister Ahmed] Hussen!”

Trudeau’s commitment to feminism was further evidenced by the fact that he hired an all female crew to shred all the documents linking him to SNC-Lavalin.

With files from Tristan Bradley
 
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Ron in Regina

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OTTAWA — As Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet in the wake of the growing SNC-Lavalin scandal, Prime Minister Trudeau reportedly asked if she’d mind acting as scapegoat for a handful of other minor scandals.

“I know you’ve got a whole lot on your plate with being thrown under the bus for SNC-Lavalin,” Trudeau reportedly asked Wilson-Raybould. “But if you could also take the rap for Bill Morneau’s ethics disclosures, or that trip I took to the Aga Khan’s island, that’d be a huge solid.”

As Trudeau ducked questions over whether he pressured Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution, sources report he saw her resignation as an opportunity to offload some issues.

“The PM has been watching a lot of Marie Kondo on Netflix,” said one PMO staffer, “and he decided that a lot of these unresolved scandals were no longer bringing him joy.”

As Wilson-Raybould packed up her office, Trudeau also allegedly asked if she would mind falling on the grenade for a bunch of stories that were about to break including:

  • Subsidizing Bombardier’s failed space elevator
  • Sophie Trudeau donning black face at a reception honouring Viola Desmond
  • Harjit Sajan claiming he defended Canada from American invaders during the War of 1812
  • The PMO spending $10,000 on matching family kimonos for the Trudeaus upcoming trip to Japan
Asked whether he thought it was fair to ask Wilson-Raybauld to take responsibility for scandals she had nothing to do with, Trudeau responded, “Acting as fall guy for larger institutional scandals is a proud Liberal party tradition, dating back to my father asking Governor General Edward Schreyer to tell my mom that he was actually the one she had caught having sex with the parliamentary librarian.”

Trudeau also assured Wilson-Raybauld that if she took credit for the “bonus scandals”, that he “would totally owe her a favour down the road.” Trudeau then reportedly asked Wilson-Raybauld to also take the blame for the quid pro quo he had just offered her.

In response, Jody Wilson-Raybauld asked Prime Minister Trudeau if he could take credit for the middle finger currently extending from her hand.

From: http://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02...for-a-few-other-scandals-on-way-out-the-door/
 

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OTTAWA — As Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet in the wake of the growing SNC-Lavalin scandal, Prime Minister Trudeau reportedly asked if she’d mind acting as scapegoat for a handful of other minor scandals.

“I know you’ve got a whole lot on your plate with being thrown under the bus for SNC-Lavalin,” Trudeau reportedly asked Wilson-Raybould. “But if you could also take the rap for Bill Morneau’s ethics disclosures, or that trip I took to the Aga Khan’s island, that’d be a huge solid.”

As Trudeau ducked questions over whether he pressured Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution, sources report he saw her resignation as an opportunity to offload some issues.

“The PM has been watching a lot of Marie Kondo on Netflix,” said one PMO staffer, “and he decided that a lot of these unresolved scandals were no longer bringing him joy.”

As Wilson-Raybould packed up her office, Trudeau also allegedly asked if she would mind falling on the grenade for a bunch of stories that were about to break including:

  • Subsidizing Bombardier’s failed space elevator
  • Sophie Trudeau donning black face at a reception honouring Viola Desmond
  • Harjit Sajan claiming he defended Canada from American invaders during the War of 1812
  • The PMO spending $10,000 on matching family kimonos for the Trudeaus upcoming trip to Japan
Asked whether he thought it was fair to ask Wilson-Raybauld to take responsibility for scandals she had nothing to do with, Trudeau responded, “Acting as fall guy for larger institutional scandals is a proud Liberal party tradition, dating back to my father asking Governor General Edward Schreyer to tell my mom that he was actually the one she had caught having sex with the parliamentary librarian.”

Trudeau also assured Wilson-Raybauld that if she took credit for the “bonus scandals”, that he “would totally owe her a favour down the road.” Trudeau then reportedly asked Wilson-Raybauld to also take the blame for the quid pro quo he had just offered her.

In response, Jody Wilson-Raybauld asked Prime Minister Trudeau if he could take credit for the middle finger currently extending from her hand.

From: http://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02...for-a-few-other-scandals-on-way-out-the-door/
Almost believable.
 

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"But the fact remains - Wilson-Raybould DID EVENTUALLY RESIGN"
Eventually being the keyword here, STB but not soon enough to save her from continuing questions as to why she did not do so sooner as any ethical person with an ounce of integrity would do.


AS I have pointed out Wilson-Raybould IS A LIE-beral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


She has ALREADY STATED PUBLICLY that she will be running in the October election as a LIE-beral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


She has made it rather clear that she feels she has done nothing wrong and that HER NAME and reputation are- in her view -CLEAN!!!!!!!


The biggest problem she apparently has had is in cobbling together a story that makes clear her innocence - WITHOUT INCRIMINATING others with whom she must work if she is to remain in LIE-beral party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



This position makes her the cleanest of LIE-berals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But it DOES NOT make her innocent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


My guess is she KNOWS of malfeasance related to Lavalin and knows where the bodies are buried but as the dirty deeds were done by other LIE-berals not connected to her...............she has opted for silence as much as possible for as long as possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


DO NOT look to her testimony - when she EVENTUALLY GIVES IT -to resolve anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The bodies have been buried, the smoking gun cleaned off, the allibies have been concocted and practiced till they are pitch perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Only cops with the ability offer ARREST WARRANTS to those they think are spewing LIE-beral Fake News can resolve this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Anybody who thinks a toothless Parliamentary Committee dominated by LIE-berals will uncover truth is DELUSIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Solicitor/client privilege more or less goes out the window when the legal subject is the COMMISSION OF A CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Recall Paul Bernardo and his infamous video tapes of the torture of Kristen French and Leslie Mahafy- Bernardo had hidden the tapes in his house and cops had failed to find them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But Bernardo knew that some day they would be found- such as when the house was sold and renovated.................


so he instructed his lawyer to go to the house and locate the tapes and destroy them - and his instructions included this: "dont worry what is on them - just take them quietly and destroy them"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And of course lawyer took the tapes without cops knowing- as he was instructed.............................


but he watched the tapes and recognized them as EVIDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Lawyer sat on those tapes FOR A YEAR and in the end- for various reasons he decided he must turn the tapes in to cops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF LAWYER CLIENT PRIVILEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


LIE-berals have now created TWO TIER LAW in Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Look at the Mississauga man arrested for offering up one thousand dollars to anybody who could provide video PROOF of hate speech taking place in a Cdn Mosque!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And yet months later LIE-berals REMOVED the charitable status of a Muslim group THAT WAS PROMOTING HATE SPEECH and sending aid to terrorist groups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And LIE-berals DO NOT SEE the HYPOCRISY in them sending Cdn aid to terror group HAMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


At this point LIE-berals have decided they are ENTITLED to twist Cdn law into a pretzel if it suits them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: http://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02/trudeau-brags-about-having-perfect-gender-balance-among-people-hes-thrown-under-bus/

OTTAWA – Showing politicians everywhere that it can be done, Justin Trudeau proudly announced that he had created complete gender parity with the people he was sacrificing to the political wolves in order to save his own skin.

“It is vital that we give all Canadians, regardless of gender, the opportunity to fulfill the important function of falling on the grenade to protect me from allegations of corruption and pay to play,” said Trudeau.

“Because it’s 2019” he added.

Woman have historically been underrepresented among politics’ human shields. There have been a few examples, like when Kim Campbell was forced to bear the brunt of 9 years of Mulroney government scandals, but they sadly remain the exception.

Trudeau is also being praised for his inclusion of people of colour in the group, something he promised would continue. “Watch out [Defence Minister Harjit] Sajjan and [Immigration Minister Ahmed] Hussen!”

Trudeau’s commitment to feminism was further evidenced by the fact that he hired an all female crew to shred all the documents linking him to SNC-Lavalin.

With files from Tristan Bradley




THREE CHEERS FOR THE BEAVERTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


They have provided best quality and most accurate reporting of the Lavalin mess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

spilledthebeer

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Almost believable.




Actually it is a LONG WAY OFF believable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Our idiot Boy Justin simply does NOT know that much history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If you will recall -Our idiot Boy TOLD US that he "does not read newspapers and relies on others to tell him when important things happen"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thus our elected imbecile ONLY hears what boot licking LIE-berals WANT him to hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Just a thought......................but maybe we should give Our idiot Boy Justin a MEDAL for creating so many opportunities for Cdn cartoonists and comedians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Our elected imbecile is becoming a FABULOUS SOURCE of inspiration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

spilledthebeer

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Just a thought......................but maybe we should give Our idiot Boy Justin a MEDAL for creating so many opportunities for Cdn cartoonists and comedians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Our elected imbecile is becoming a FABULOUS SOURCE of inspiration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


There is every reason to assume that Our idiot Boy will be enjoying listening to Wilson-Raybould "tell her truth" about as much as he would enjoy a proctology exam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

spilledthebeer

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I'm confused. Are you saying Justin will or won't enjoy listening to Wilson-Raybould?




Most men do not enjoy a proctology exam......................................................


Perhaps Our idiot Boy Justin is an exception?????????????????????????????????????


Otherwise the latest news of Wilson-Raybould testimony may be both humiliating and painful for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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There was a ‘consistent and sustained effort,’ ‘veiled threats’ on SNC-Lavalin affair: Wilson-Raybould

Eleven people were part of what former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould is describing as a "sustained effort" to pressure her into intervening in the case of SNC-Lavalin.
In her first public comments describing her side of the case, Wilson-Raybould offered explosive new details about what she called "veiled threats" made against her as part of a campaign to reverse the decision by public prosecutors to pursue criminal prosecution of the Montreal engineering giant.
"I experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people in the government," she said.
Minutes later, she described meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sept. 17, 2018, when the matter came up.
She told the committee she looked him in the eye and asked if he was "politically interfering" in her role.
"No, no, no, we just need to find a solution," she said Trudeau told her.
Wilson-Raybould said she will outline the contents of 10 phone calls, 10 in-person meetings, emails and texts from officials -- including those in the Prime Minister's Office -- between September and December 2018, when she said she was the target of this pressure.
SNC-Lavalin is facing criminal charges for corruption and fraud.
If convicted, it would receive a 10-year ban on bidding for government contracts.
A remediation agreement, or deferred prosecution agreement, is a new legal tool created by the Liberals in 2018 that would allow a company to avoid a criminal trial by admitting wrongdoing and making reparations such as fines.
-- More to come ...
 

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Now the question may be asked: why did you not resign?

If the Prime Minister (or his proxy) asks something of you that you are unable to do then it would be parliamentary tradition for you to tender your resignation and allow the PM to appoint someone who might do what he wants done.

You are only talking about a legal opinion.

Also she has no race-based ability to determine truth.

It all reeks of the sort of entitlement that these politicians develop when they serve in a particular office for a long time.

You only fill that office temporarily. It does not belong to you.
 

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Now the question may be asked: why did you not resign?
If the Prime Minister (or his proxy) asks something of you that you are unable to do then it would be parliamentary tradition for you to tender your resignation and allow the PM to appoint someone who might do what he wants done.
You are only talking about a legal opinion.
Also she has no race-based ability to determine truth.
It all reeks of the sort of entitlement that these politicians develop when they serve in a particular office for a long time.
You only fill that office temporarily. It does not belong to you.

Pretty much contradicts everything being said today, the crux of your argument is exactly why this hearing is happening the independence of the AG office to do the right thing not the JT thing
 

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It doesn't contradict anything.

The PMO wanted her to do something she didn't want to do.

Once she understood that there is no reason for her to occupy that position. Is there?