FELDSTED: Wernick is not elected and accountable to the public. The pompous ass deserves to be fired for overstepping his authority and attempting to shame an elected official in public
International Trade Diversification Minister Jim
Carr isn’t saying whether he believes there was any undue pressure by officials
on former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin affair. But he told the West Block’s Mercedes
Stephenson he’s taking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at his word and hopes
Canadians’ “reasonableness” will prevail.
“Canadians will have to make up their own minds,”
said Carr, who the Prime Minister’s Office put up to answer questions on the
matter.
Canadians are reasonable but not stupid. Contending
that the Clerk of the Privy Council is non-partisan after the display he put on
for the Commons Justice Committee is irrational.
Michael Wernick was reading straight from the PMO
teleprompter, and as a public servant, had no authority to deride the Attorney
General as he did. Wernick is not elected and accountable to the public. The
pompous ass deserves to be fired for overstepping his authority and attempting
to shame an elected official in public.
The SNC-Lavalin affair (or scandal) is not
reasonable. Providing an escape from prosecution for crooked corporations is
not in the public interest. Rescuing SCN -Lavalin is in the interest of Quebec,
but not in the interests of Canada. There is a difference.
Why is the Prime Minister’s office silent about the contractors who lost business because contracts for a Montreal bridge and
hospital were secured by SNC-Lavalin bribes? Why were the jobs lost to those
contractors not important? The doubletalk and double standards are sickening
and unacceptable.
Under the Criminal Code, someone who accepts a
bribe is just a guilty as the person who offers the bribe.
Saving CSN-Lavalin to keep Liberal votes in Quebec
is bribery, offered and accepted. Whether the deal was or is completed is
immaterial. The intent is there and both parties stood to gain.
The Premier of Quebec and the Mayor of Montreal are
on thin ice and could be investigated for aiding and abetting in the criminal
act of bribery.
The whole house of cards is trembling and many of
us have taken out the popcorn and a libation while we watch the drama unfold.
It is simultaneously humorous, ironic and satisfying watching some pompous twit
trying to maintain his dignity while scraping poop from his shoe-soles.
It is, a
grand social status leveler.
John Feldsted
Political Consultant & Strategist
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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