The Toronto Star editorial board has a message for Justin.
Only the prime minister can now stop the bleeding and he has a lot of catching up to do.
It won’t be enough for Trudeau’s former principal secretary, Gerald Butts, to tell his version of events, as he is scheduled to do before the House of Commons justice committee on Wednesday morning.
Or for the Clerk of the Privy Council, Michael Wernick, to go back to the committee and respond to Wilson-Raybould’s assertion that multiple government officials pressured her to give SNC-Lavalin a break in its corruption and bribery case.
Philpott did not wait to hear these surrogates for the PM before she exited his cabinet. Clearly she did not expect that either of them would have anything convincing to say that would shake her belief in Wilson-Raybould’s narrative.
No, if Trudeau wants to rally his government and party and reassure Canadians that he and his colleagues acted properly in handling the SNC-Lavalin affair, he must do it himself.
He must find a venue, perhaps the justice committee itself, and lay out the government’s case. He must stop trying to hide behind slogans and catch-phrases and actually answer Wilson-Raybould’s story, what she called “my truth.” We now need to hear the prime minister’s truth, at length and in detail.
...It would be tragic if the accomplishments of his government were tossed aside because of mistakes in handling the SNC-Lavalin case, and more specifically in how it has botched the fallout from Wilson-Raybould’s departure.
But at this point those achievements can’t be protected by ignoring or downplaying the substance of Wilson-Raybould’s story. Trudeau has no choice at this point but to confront it directly.
Two-faced Twinkletoes at work - oblivious of his utterances and bifurcated personality.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the Dauphin reign, a quick trip to Paris, a gallivant and a twirl for the press to show off his dashing looks, "Canada is back!" by golly yes, we'll lower our GHG emissions by next week if not sooner - count on it! Hearty cheers and applause all around.
Back in the Big Land and out west, confronted by a surly Alberta audience who wouldn't know a dead piece of coral if hit them in the chops, it was full steam ahead on pipelines. Canada's future! Oh yes! Egged on by the faux social democrat and vituperative Notley with a logic that would be given an F on a high school essay - we must sell this bitumen crap to make a lot of money to fund environmental initiatives so we can shut the tarsands down - that was and is the gist of her plan that JT thought brilliant.
Anything for a cheering crowd. Who cares about the words? Or actions at odds with the words? A smile will shut down the critics, he feels.
First Nations were about to enter an unprecedented time of, if not prosperity, then fair treatment from the White Men of Ottawa. Women? Let's fill up half the cabinet with them and treat them right. How has all this gone so far, JT? The two brainy ones have quit, and the neocon Freeland remains, a Hillary sychophant if ever there was one, a War Party follower - let's do Venezuela for lunch!
Our man Justin hasn't got the street smarts of a sixth grader. He's the big I Am man, the kind that had his clock cleaned by other kids when they got fed up with the bullshit, the bragging and lying and self-confidence based on bugger all.
In fact the man is an utter dope. Now, he's trying to pretend nothing's happened and trying to pull off the campaign "We Are Canadian and we can do do better" BS, apparently not realizing what a train wreck he is himself. IMO, he really doesn't get it, can't work out the most basic commonsense things. He's startled all these people are bailing on him. Genuinely amazed. Doesn't fit with his self-image of wonderfulness, one he's never examined seriously.
Which means he hasn't got the brains of a dead prawn lying on a barbie, cooking in the unprecedented OZ heatwaves - no gas required. Cooked, done and ready to be consumed by a disillusioned public. And as a parting shot, what will we get to replace him? Some joker white man right wing semi-racist, dull as dishwater, health care chopper, tax cuts for the already filthy rich bunch of complete clodhopper clowns.
Trudeau has a lot to answer for.
BM
He's trying to duck and weave, but the buck stops with him.
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ReplyDeleteIt's been fascinating - and sad - to watch Liberals turn on each other. I don't mean Wilson-Raybould or Philpotts either.
There's an ugly streak that runs through the Liberal ranks. You, BM, left a comment on another blog that was greeted with utter vitriol and a measure of bigotry. That, however, was mild compared with some of the rank misogyny dished out to JWR and Philpott which that particular blogger simply ignored.
Even on this blog I've had Liberals remark to the effect that they're women so they must have been easily manipulated by the Fenian. They're just rookies, hapless little ladies. Read Jane Philpott's Wikipedia entry. She's no pushover. Philpott has more proven experience in her left cheek than Justin has amassed in his entire life.
So much for supposedly enlightened Liberals. They're as tribal as the Tories.
Owen, I have no idea how this is going to turn out. Then again it's never the party faithful who deliver false majorities in federal politics. It's the great unwashed, the undecided voter.
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