Canada’s political theatre finally trumps America’s GlobeDebate
To live in a country forever in the shadow of America has some blessings. Among them, there’s this: we can never quite beat their political drama.
Canada has always presented a good front of house: prim, stoic, orderly and well-managed. The kitchen is ankle-deep in grime and in dire need of pest control, but the backroom is easy to hide from happy patrons.The scandal now unfolding in Ottawa – concerning just how far Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government was willing to go to save iconic Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin – is giving us all a peek behind that grubby little counter.
Crass partisan electoral gain seemed to be at least the undertone of these conversations, she said. Occasionally it was even an overtone: One PMO staffer noted that SNC-Lavalin was threatening to move its headquarters from Montreal to a more congenial location abroad ahead of the federal election this fall, allegedly saying that “we can have the best policy in the world, but we need to be re-elected.
Mr. Trudeau delivered a brief statement on Wednesday night in Montreal, disagreeing with Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s “characterization” of events. “Our government will always focus on jobs and our economy. We of course had discussions about the potential loss of 9,000 jobs in communities across the country, including the possible impact on pensions,” he said.
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