Newspaper Headline of the Week

Justin Trudeau’s disgrace is like watching a unicorn get run over For Canadian liberals, or indeed any of us who cling to outdated ideas such as good governance and liberal democratic values, it was like watching a unicorn get flattened by a lorry. Earlier this week, Canada’s undeniably gorgeous, halo-bound Liberal prime minister, Justin Trudeau – proud feminist, defender of minority rights, advocate for transparency, inclusivity and decency, and prince of the one-armed push-up– was morally eviscerated over four-hours of astonishing testimony by his own former attorney general and justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould – a woman of great integrity and a rare Indigenous Canadian cabinet minister. Read more

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NaPo: Andrew Coyne: A Few Heads on Pikes Would Fix Things

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Ottawa Citizen: MacDougall: SNC scandal is leaving a mark

... Stripped of its ability to straight-up buy influence, SNC returned to good old lobbyist shoe leather. The public registry is littered with SNC contacts with senior Trudeau officials over the past couple of years. To be clear, this is their absolute right. But it doesn’t mean it was right for Trudeau to acquiesce and give the company its preferred legal remedy, one, as it turns out, for which the company wasn’t eligible. This ineligibility is what formed the basis of the Sept. 4, 2018, decision by Kathleen Roussel, the director of public prosecutions, to decline an offer of remediation to SNC. Roussel could not consider the wider economic impacts of SNC’s troubles in her decision-making. For her part, Wilson-Raybould agreed, refusing to overrule Roussel’s decision. This refusal explains the three-month campaign within government to pressure Wilson-Raybould to change her mind. What should have been a final decision from Canada’s attorney general in September was continually revisited until December at the request of Trudeau’s office, Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office and, we found out last week, the Clerk of the Privy Council. ... Read more

NaPo: Rex Murphy: The Trudeau virtuecrats come tumbling down
Mclean's: Andrew MacDougall: It’s time for Justin Trudeau to put his cards on the table