A TV critic’s guide to the SNC-Lavalin drama GlobeArts
, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government. At once, I assumed the call was either randomly generated or connected with my subscription to Organic Spa Magazine. I pleaded pressure of time, what with the chicken cassoulet being almost ready, but agreed to offer brief insights.
“Well now. There was a lot of righteous indignation on TV that day. An awful, awful lot. It can be gripping, but on TV it’s the small details that register and matter. Me, I see evidence of scandal-envy in Canada, a need to have Trump-like shenanigans to torque the engine of indignation. Yet one watched that testimony in Ottawa on TV and saw a lot of salt-stained shoes and boots coming and going from the room. This bespeaks Ottawa, the local and the small.
"The news narrative in this country for the past year has been the new NAFTA agreement and the pipeline issue. This new thread about SNC-Lavalin and alleged interference was a bolt from the blue and, frankly, as anyone who observes a sudden twist in Episode 3 of a 10-part series is aware, Episode 7 will likely put the earlier twist in a new context.”
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