Surely, after 60 days of crisis, the Liberals would never do something absolutely bonkers like threaten to sue Andrew Scheer? Oops, too late
A few weeks ago, when the SNC-Lavalin scandal was only 42 days old, I wrote here in the Post, “The Liberal response to the entire affair has been almost unfathomably bad, counterproductive at every turn.”Set aside the core issues of political and accountability and transparency that were so exhaustively and effectively explored by Andrew Coyne this past weekend. Let’s just look at the SNC-Lavalin scandal purely as politics: the Liberal response has been terrible.
You don’t have to agree with or like any of the above moves to recognize that, if nothing else, they were something new to talk about. Any of these stories offered the Liberals at least a chance — maybe not a great one, but a possibility — of moving past the affair that has bogged them down for two full months, and maybe even getting some positive press, from those inclined to be impressed.
— Andrew Scheer April 7, 2019But, alas, that’s what the Liberals did. The Conservatives, who are apparently more politically astute than the Liberals these days, for whatever that’s worth, chose to publicize the letter, and issue a simple challenge to the prime minister: he can proceed with his lawsuit, and subject himself to legal disclosure and the potential of testifying under oath, not to mention prolonging the public’s interest in the matter.
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