This was the enactment of humility, not the true embodiment of it
Justin Trudeau offered up a mea culpa over the SNC Lavalin affair that was more mea than culpa. The prime minister visited the National Press Theatre early Thursday before leaving for Iqaluit, where he was to apologize to northern Inuit residents for the federal government’s behaviour during the tuberculosis epidemics of the 1940s and 50s, when many were separated from their families.
But when he was asked directly whether he was apologizing for anything, he doubled down on his talking point that the government was merely protecting jobs, while respecting the integrity of the rule of law. “I continue to say there was no inappropriate pressure,” he said. The case for the prosecution is that the prime minister is so convinced of the righteousness of his agenda, he discounts behaviour he would not have tolerated from his political opponents.
Many Canadians will view that pressure as undue, unacceptable and grounds for resignation. Trudeau said it is a lesson learned as he turns the page and moves forward.
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