I am reminded of the Gomery inquiry. Quid pro quos, greasy influence over civil servants, too much power in the PMO: It all seems awfully familiar, doesn’t it?
Aided and abetted by newer news , the fact that the collective attention span is that of an agitated toddler and the Liberal majority on the Commons justice committee, it may well be that LavScan or LavScam, as the SNC-Lavalin imbroglio has come to be called — You see? We can’t even settle on a proper handle — will soon disappear entirely from the Canadian consciousness.
PM Justin Trudeau himself was either in Florida, or heading back to Florida, or heading home again from Florida: For a while there, he was in and out like a sailor on shore leave. He appears to treat that state like he treats question period: It’s there for his convenience. Unlike JWR and former Treasury Board boss Jane Philpott, no angst for that boy, no being torn between the good of the party and principle.
What it has done is remind me of the time I spent covering the Gomery inquiry, and how I was several times reduced to tears of rage at the greasiness I saw there. One of the last witnesses I saw testify — and one of the least consequential — was a young woman lawyer who had done some volunteer work for the party. She knew she was a volunteer, of course, and said she never expected to be paid or reimbursed.
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