Trudeau can no longer just resign—his party was complicit

“The prime minister, directly and through his senior officials, used various means to exert influence over Ms. Wilson?Raybould,” said Dion. “The authority of the prime minister and his office was used to circumvent, undermine and ultimately attempt to discredit the decision of the director of public prosecutions as well as the authority of Ms. Wilson?Raybould as the Crown’s chief law officer.”

In his findings, the Commissioner pointed out that SNC had clear financial interests in the matter, and that, in turn, the moves made to further the company’s interests went against the principles of prosecutorial independence.

“The evidence showed that SNC-Lavalin had significant financial interests in deferring prosecution. These interests would likely have been furthered had Mr. Trudeau successfully influenced the Attorney General to intervene in the Director of Public Prosecutions’ decision,” wrote Dion.

“The actions that sought to further these interests were improper since they were contrary to the Shawcross doctrine and the principles of prosecutorial independence and the rule of law.”

Yes, you read that right. In Canada, prosecutorial independence could be at risk, and it is because our Prime Minister, who continues to deny wrongdoing even as the facts continue to stack up against him, is willing to go to bat for Canada’s oldest and wealthiest businesses.

That is some Russia-type oligarchy-supporting shit right there, for all Canadians who care about the state of our institutions.

The Prime Minister’s response to all this extremely worrying information?

He accepted the ethics report and took “responsibility,” all the while not really taking responsibility or apologizing.

A Prime Minister famous for apologizing for just about everyone else’s mistakes actually refused to apologize for his own, once again pointing the finger at the potential loss of Canadian jobs at the time.

In response to the damning report, opposition parties and their leaders already pounced on the now ethically tarnished Liberals, with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer commenting that Trudeau must face the nation in the coming election as the first PM in Canadian history to violate ethics laws.

“He clearly put his own partisan interests ahead of the democratic institutions … He made the decision to stay in office, now the decision is in the hands of Canadians,” Scheer said.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suggested that Trudeau could no longer be PM, as he continued to work in the interest of multi-millionaires and his own reelection.

“Mr. Trudeau, the Prime Minister, is working to benefit the interest of a multi-millionaire corporation and was working to benefit his own self-interest to get re-elected. This is just unacceptable. It is outrageous,” Singh told reporters.

Of course, it wasn’t just opposition leaders. Ex-Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, now vindicated in her opposition to the Trudeau Liberal’s crony form of politics also made a public statement.

It should be noted that Jody Wilson-Raybould not only faced racist attacks from individuals within the Liberal camp attempting to discredit her, she also faced a PMO and Prime Minister who actively tried, at every turn, to deny what are now widely acknowledged facts.

While politicians across the aisle have responded in force by calling for direct action, some mainstream journalists have actively attempted to defend the government’s violation of federal law, according to Canadaland’s Jesse Brown.

One has to wonder if Katie Telford is already lining up “all kinds of people” to write positive op-eds about Trudeau’s refusal to apologize and how brave he was to “protect jobs”. One also wonders if the hundreds of millions of dollars that are now on the line are having any impact on journalistic decision making.

While journalists may attempt to theory craft or divert the attention of Canadians, most, like a younger version of Trudeau, are sick and tired of waking up almost every day to find a new government scandal.

To provide some perspective there have been over five serious scandals, and over 40 minor ones.

These include: