POL Corruption Scandal Could Cost Trudeau His Job, Polls Show

[Doomer Doug]

It looks like the Muslim loving, uber radical Marxist stooge, Trudeau junior is going down hard because a massive scandal has erupted in his corrupt regime.
If true, this is the first day of the restoration of FREEDOM TO CANADA.

the link is here

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...candal-could-cost-trudeau-election-polls-show


Corruption Scandal Could Cost Trudeau His Job, Polls Show
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by Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/21/2019 - 10:58


Since it was exposed by a report in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper earlier this month, the scandal that's become known as the SNC-Lavalin affair has already led to the firing of one of Trudeau's closest advisors and raised serious questions about whether the prime minister was complicit in pressuring the attorney general to offer a deferred prosecution agreement with a large, Quebec-based engineering firm.

And according to the first round of polls released since the affair exploded into public view...

.it could cost Trudeau his position as prime minister and return control to the conservatives, according to the CBC.

Campaign Research showed the Conservatives ahead with 37% to 32% for the Liberals, while both Ipsos and Léger put the margin at 36% to 34% in the Conservatives' favour. Since December, when both polling firms were last in the field, the Liberals have lost one point in Campaign Research's polling and four percentage points in the Ipsos poll, while the party is down five points since November in the Léger poll.

The polls also showed that a large proportion of the public believes the prime minister for abruptly firing former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould over what many suspect was her decision not to bend to his will. Some 67% of Canadians are paying attention to the story, the polls show. But not everybody has made up their minds about Trudeau's involvement.

Of those with some knowledge of the controversy, 41% agreed with this statement: "Yes, the prime minister did something wrong." "Only 12% said that the prime minister "did not do anything wrong."

Another 41 per cent said that they were "not sure either way," suggesting that many Canadians are still waiting to learn more before coming down on one side or the other.

Trudeau claims that when he discussed the case with Wilson-Raybould, he told her to handle it as she saw fit. Shortly after, she was ousted in an abrupt cabinet reshuffle, and soon resigned. She has reportedly hired an attorney to advise her on what she can and cannot say about the scandal.

And while the October general election is still a long way off, there's plenty of time between now and then for the other shoe to drop.

 

[mzkitty]

I read she was fired (here maybe), but I never followed up on it. Too much else going on.

Here's what the scandal is about for those of you who also missed it:

*snip*

SNC-Lavalin faces charges of fraud and corruption in connection with nearly $48 million in payments made to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011. If convicted, the company could be blocked from competing for federal government contracts for a decade.

Much more:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-wilson-raybould-attorney-general-snc-lavalin-1.5014271

 

[night driver]

MzKitty's link:: (some of this really doesn't pass the giggle test. Good GRIEF, Jistin, you REALLY thought she was going to stand in and be the ceremonial goat ALL ALONE!!???

haHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAA.


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What you need to know about the SNC-Lavalin affair
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The legal troubles of the engineering giant have become a source of controversy for the Liberals


Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2019 7:26 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago


Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet last Tuesday after reports surfaced in the Globe and Mail that she had been asked to intervene in the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin when she was justice minister. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The SNC-Lavalin scandal has already sparked two resignations, prompted two government probes and continues to dog Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The two investigations underway — by the federal ethics commissioner and the House of Commons justice committee —and this controversy centre around one key question: Did the prime minister or someone in his office try to pressure Jody Wilson-Raybould when she was attorney general to step in and resolve the corruption and fraud case against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. in an effort to spare the Montreal-based engineering giant from criminal prosecution?
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The scandal has had significant political ramifications. It has cost Trudeau his principal secretary, Gerald Butts, who resigned from that key role but has denied any wrongdoing. His resignation came nearly a week after Wilson- Raybould said she was stepping down from her post as veterans affairs minister.
The House of Commons justice committee has agreed to investigate what, if any, pressure Wilson-Raybould was subjected to regarding the SNC-Lavalin case. Wilson-Raybould is set to testify at that committee, but it is unclear how much she will be able to say, as she has said she is bound by solicitor-client privilege. And the Liberals on the committee blocked efforts to have Butts speak at the hearing.
Meanwhile, the ethics commissioner is investigating whether there was a breach of Section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act. It prohibits any official responsible for high-level decision-making in government from seeking to influence the decision of another person so as to "improperly further another person's private interests."



Here is what you need to know about the ever-widening controversy.



What is alleged?


The controversy began with a Globe and Mail story, published on Feb. 7, that alleged Trudeau's office had "attempted to press" Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the corruption and fraud prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
The story, quoting unnamed sources, reported that despite pressure from the Prime Minister's Office, Wilson-Raybould refused to ask federal prosecutors to make a plea bargain deal with SNC, also known as a deferred prosecution agreement, that would spare the company a trial and possible criminal conviction.​
SNC-Lavalin faces charges of fraud and corruption in connection with nearly $48 million in payments made to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011. If convicted, the company could be blocked from competing for federal government contracts for a decade.


Wilson-Raybould is expected to testify before the House of Commons justice committee, which is looking into whether she was pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to influence the SNC case. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
It's not known how, or if, the PMO pressured Wilson-Raybould. The Globe and Mail story uses different terms to describe the alleged actions of the PMO toward Wilson-Raybould — that they "attempted to press" and "urged" her and that she "came under heavy pressure." But precisely what those terms mean is unclear.
Earlier this year, Wilson-Raybould was shuffled out of her role as attorney general and put in charge of Veterans Affairs Canada, a move widely considered a demotion.


What is a deferred prosecution agreement?
Last year, the Trudeau government amended the Criminal Code to establish remediation agreements, also known as deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs).
This amendment, which SNC-Lavalin had lobbied the government to introduce, would allow companies accused of certain economic offences — such as bribery, fraud and corruption — to be spared criminal charges.
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PM still facing questions about Wilson-Raybould story: Here's how it all began 1:32
Instead, these companies could admit wrongdoing and pay a financial penalty. Part of the reasoning behind the amendment, according to the Criminal Code, was to "reduce the negative consequences of the wrongdoing for persons — employees, customers, pensioners and others — who did not engage in the wrongdoing."
In the case of SNC-Lavalin, which employs nearly 9,000 Canadians across the country, the concern has been that a successful criminal prosecution against the company could cost many jobs and damage the economy, particularly in Quebec.
However, the section of the Criminal Code that lays out the conditions for remediation agreements states that the prosecutor, when considering such an agreement, must not factor in the "national economic interest" or "the potential effect on relations with a state other than Canada."

What was the nature of the alleged pressure?

SNC-Lavalin had hoped that its fraud and corruption charges could be resolved with a DPA and had lobbied federal officials for such an outcome, according to the Globe.
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But in October, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada determined SNC had not met the criteria for a DPA.
According to the Globe and Mail, Wilson-Raybould then "came under heavy pressure" to persuade the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to change its mind. But she was unwilling to instruct the director of the public prosecution service to negotiate the agreement, the Globe reported.
The director works "under and on behalf" of the attorney general, who can issue directives regarding specific prosecutions, as long as those directives are in writing and made public.
So what if the government tried to influence its own AG?









The attorney general is supposed to be an independent, non-partisan role, and the most important part of that non-partisan role is the oversight of federal prosecutions. This independence is a trait not shared by other cabinet roles.
"The role of the AG and prosecutors is to act in the public interest, not in the interest of whoever is in the PMO," University of Ottawa law professor Craig Forcese wrote in his blog. "They must, therefore, not be under the thumb of the political executive, and indeed must be insulated from political pressures that would, for instance, leave some people favoured in the criminal justice system, and others targeted."


SNC-Lavalin faces charges of fraud and corruption in connection with nearly $48 million in alleged payments made to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011. (CBC)

This means that while cabinet ministers and the prime minister can consult with the attorney general, they cannot instruct or pressure the attorney general to make any specific decision regarding criminal cases.
What's been the government response to the allegations?
When the story first appeared, Trudeau said the allegations in the Globe story "are false" and insisted that neither he nor any of his staff "directed" Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the case. Critics have pointed out that the Globe story never used the word "directed."
Trudeau has told reporters that in a conversation with Wilson-Raybould before she resigned, she had confirmed to him the details of a discussion they had in the fall. In that discussion, he said, he'd told her "that any decisions on matters involving the director of public prosecutions were hers and hers alone."
According to the Prime Minister's Office, Wilson-Raybould raised the remediation case with Butts in a meeting the two had in December. The PMO said Butts told her to talk to Michael Wernick, the Privy Council clerk.
In Butts's resignation letter, he denied that he, or anyone else in the PMO, pressured Wilson-Raybould.






Are there any potential criminal implications for the PMO?

Criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger said if there was a genuine attempt by anybody in the PMO, including the prime minister, to speak with the attorney general about ending an investigation or a criminal prosecution of any type, that can amount to obstruction of justice and/or interference with a public official. More specifically, obstructing a public officer or peace officer in the execution of her duty.
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He said it would certainly be fair for the PMO or cabinet colleagues to ask the attorney general about the SNC-Lavalin prosecution, including how it was being handled, or even talk about the ramifications of a conviction.
The potential problem, Neuberger said, is if the conversation amounted to an overt or implicit directive to the attorney general.







Couldn't Wilson-Raybould settle all this?





Wilson-Raybould had said she would not comment on the claims in the Globe story because she is bound by solicitor-client privilege. As attorney general, the government of Canada was her client, so she's not at liberty to discuss conversations pertaining to legal proceedings.
This is true, according to Andrew Martin, an assistant law professor at the University of British Columbia. The solicitor-client privilege doesn't end when she's no longer attorney general, he said.
However, some other legal experts have questioned whether Wilson-Raybould is bound by those constrictions.
In her resignation note, Wilson-Raybould said she was aware that Canadians wish her to speak on these matters and that she is in the process of obtaining advice on the topics she's "legally permitted to discuss." To that end, she has hired former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell to advise her.
In the House of Commons during a vote on a motion to hold a public inquiry into the matter, she rose to say that "privilege and confidentiality are not mine to waive, and I hope that I have the opportunity to speak my truth."
Couldn't the government waive its privilege?


Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer has noted that two former prime ministers waived solicitor-client privilege in order to co-operate with different investigations: Stephen Harper during the investigation into Sen. Mike Duffy's expenses, and Paul Martin, who waived cabinet confidence during the Gomery Inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal.


Trudeau insists that neither he nor any of his staff 'directed' Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin case. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
In an interview with iPolitics, former Conservative justice minister Peter MacKay said Trudeau's disclosure of his conversation with Wilson-Raybould was an "implied waiver" and that the former cabinet minister should be able to answer the question of whether she was pressured to intervene on behalf of SNC.
UBC law professor Andrew Martin said while MacKay may have a point, given the importance of solicitor-client privilege, lawyers are wise to err on the side of maintaining and not breaching privilege.
Trudeau has said he has asked current Attorney General David Lametti to look into whether the government could waive its privilege in this matter.









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Mark Gollom is a Toronto-based reporter with CBC News. He covers Canadian and U.S. politics and current affairs.

There are pics at the link of the principal actors.

 

[Illini Warrior]

I may be mistaken >>>> but I'm like 80% sure that SNC-Lavalin was involved with Senator Jesse Jackson Jr and there was a terrorist involvement with the whole deal >>> this was prior to Jackson and his wife heading off to prison .....

 

[Publius]

So far the story as printed is not clear as what the wrong doing's really is.

 

[Doomer Doug]

Gee, it looks like Trudeau junior really is going down hard. Yep, I don't see how Trudeau junior makes it through this scandal.

The link is here.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/20...ttorney-general-testimony-bring-down-trudeau/


Alleged Threats, Bribes, Prostitutes: Growing Scandal Threatens to Bring Down Canada’s Trudeau

Former Canadian Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould gave a bombshell testimony accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other officials of “veiled threats” to force her to drop a case for political purposes.

Ms Wilson-Raybould gave testimony before the Canadian House of Commons justice committee for several hours on Wednesday, speaking out against members of staff and Prime Minister Trudeau attempting to interfere with an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin corporation, The Globe and Mail reports.

Accusations that the prime minister and the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) interfered with the SNC-Lavalin investigation first emerged on February 7th.

The engineering company, which is based in Quebec, was accused of engaging in bribery in Libya in efforts to secure lucrative contracts in the country.

Since the accusations were made public, further allegations have revealed that the corporation may also have gone as far as paying for prostitutes for Saadi Gadhafi, son of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, during a visit to Canada in 2008.

Receipts claim that the company spent as much as $30,000 on prostitutes for Gadhafi while he was allegedly in Montreal and Toronto at the invitation of the company to learn English.

Initially, after the first Globe and Mail report on the SNC-Lavalin affair, the accusations were dismissed by Trudeau and the PMO.

Only weeks later, Trudeau’s chief adviser, and one of his closest confidants, Gerald Butts resigned abruptly from his position as principal secretary in the PMO.

Butts denied that his resignation had anything to do with the SNC-Lavalin affair saying accusations that he or others put pressure on former Attorney General Wilson-Raybould were “simply not true.”

Until Wednesday, Ms Wilson-Raybould had been unable to comment on the matter but was free to do so in front of the justice committee.

In her testimony, Wilson-Raybould made bombshell allegations towards Trudeau and the PMO saying, “For a period of approximately four months between September and December 2018, I experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the Attorney General of Canada in an inappropriate effort to secure a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with SNC-Lavalin.”

“These events involved 11 people (excluding myself and my political staff) – from the Prime Minister’s Office, the Privy Council Office, and the Office of the Minister of Finance,” she added.

 

[Doomer Doug]

The process to get rid of Trudeau junior has already started with calls by the Opposition for him to resign.

the link is here

https://www.breitbart.com/national-...eauresign-canadas-influence-scandal-explodes/

Opposition Calls on Trudeau to Resign as Canada’s Influence Scandal Explodes

Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign on Wednesday following former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony that she was improperly pressured to grant favorable treatment to engineering company SNC-Lavalin.

Opposition leader Scheer issued a statement calling for Trudeau’s resignation shortly after Wilson-Raybould delivered her testimony to the House of Commons.

“Justin Trudeau simply cannot continue to govern this great nation now that Canadians know what he has done,” Scheer wrote.

“That is why I am calling on Justin Trudeau to resign,” he continued. “Further, the RCMP must immediately open an investigation – if it has not already done so – into the numerous examples of obstruction of justice the former Attorney General detailed in her testimony.”

The Toronto Sun agreed on Wednesday that the SNC-Lavalin case is now a matter for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“After the first minute of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony, it was already clear that this was a colossal bombshell,” the Sun editorialized, presenting the former justice minister’s opening statement as a concise summary of the case:

She began her opening remarks: “For a period of approximately four months between September and December 2018, I experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the Attorney General of Canada in an inappropriate effort to secure a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with SNC-Lavalin.

“These events involved 11 people (excluding myself and my political staff) – from the Prime Minister’s Office, the Privy Council Office, and the Office of the Minister of Finance. This included in-person conversations, telephone calls, emails, and text messages. There were approximately 10 phone calls and 10 meetings specifically about SNC-Lavalin that I and/or my staff was a part of.”

That in itself was damning enough. Then Wilson-Raybould went on in detail to explain how she had repeatedly told these senior figures to not pressure her, that she had made up her mind, and that she thought the pressure was inappropriate. But they kept on doing it.

 

[Old Gray Mare]

He hasn't resigned. I doubt he will leave unless by force, force of law or otherwise. Unless death, imprisonment are imminent or a vote of confidence/election bid fails I don't see him willingly giving up the reins of power.

 

[Doomer Doug]

TRUDEAU JUNIOR THE CLOWN

I think spending money on whores for Gaddaffi was a nice touch!

Seriously, these type of scandals have a definite ebb and flow. Trudeau junior may or may not "resign." He will politically castrated, rendered totally ineffective, and unable to do much of anything. It is all about PERCEPTION AND THE PERCEPTION IS NOW TRUDEAU JUNIOR IS A FARCE. It is impossible for any politician to recover from being seen as a clown. Feared yes; respected yes, but laughed at, nope that is fatal.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Trudeau junior may or may not "resign." He will politically castrated, rendered totally ineffective, and unable to do much of anything.

How would we be able to tell the difference?

 

[dero50]

He is Macron's twin brother and they will both stay in power because the Globalists love them. They are hard nosed and don't care what "The People" think. Puppets.

 

[Doomer Doug]

Au contraire, Dennis. Trudeau Junior has been very busy during his term in destroying Canada, importing Muslims, trashing Christians, unleashing a tidal wave of PC folly.

He needs to go now before he manages to finally impose Sharia law in Canada.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Well, this year is the Canadian national elections, so we’ll see if he stays or goes. I’m betting the Canuck snowflakes keep his effeminate pussy in office.

 

[Laurane]

This is the last straw - this woman will bring down the Liberal .gov......she was the Attorney General for Canada and the Prime Minister and others interfered with her authority.

It is in the hands of the RCMP now.

 

[Doomer Doug]

Yep, this is the final straw.

the link is here

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...or-minister-quits-over-corruption-allegations


In Major Blow To Trudeau, Senior Minister Quits Over Corruption Allegations
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by Tyler Durden
Mon, 03/04/2019 - 16:45




Update: Trudeau has named Carla Qualtrough, currently the minister of public works and government service, and will make a comment about Philpott's decision to leave the cabinet Monday night.

* * *

So much for "circling the wagons".

One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers announced on Monday that she planned to resign from his cabinet following damning testimony last week from her close friend, former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, with whom she was closely allied when the two served in the cabinet together.

Jane Philpott, Trudeau's now-former president of the Treasury board, tweeted a statement announcing her resignation Monday afternoon. In it, she said that, after "serious reflection", she had decided to do the right thing and resign from the government, in keeping with her "ethical responsibilities and constitutional obligations."

Philpott went on to explain that the constitutional convention of cabinet solidarity means ministers must defend all cabinet decisions and other ministers publicly, and must speak in support of the government and its policies.

But given the preponderance of evidence supporting Wilson-Raybould's allegations about a concerted campaign of political pressure and veiled threats orchestrated by Trudeau and senior members of his office, Philpott said she could no longer abide by this prinicple.

"Sadly, I have lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised," Philpott said in the statement.

Political analysts in Canada have argued that presenting a united front about Trudeau's innocence would be critical if the Liberals hoped to retain control of government during October's general election.

Philpott is following Wilson-Raybould in resigning from Trudeau's government. Wilson-Raybould resigned in February after being abruptly moved to lead the veteran's affairs department during a cabinet shuffle - a move that was widely regarded as a demotion. Wilson-Raybould claimed that this move was retribution for her refusal to offer Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement, something she said at least 11 members of Trudeau's government had pressured her to do. She also claimed the prime minister himself insinuated that he wanted her to stymie the government's prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, in the hopes of preventing job losses in his district.

Trudeau claimed that he told Wilson-Raybould that SNC-Lavalin's fate was entirely up to her discretion. Philpott's resignation comes as Trudeau's political opponents are requesting an official inquiry into the scandal.

Read Philpott's full letter below:

It grieves me to resign from a portfolio where I was at work to deliver an important mandate. I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities, constitutional obligations. There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.
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12:02 PM - Mar 4, 2019

 

[Doomer Doug]

Well, well, well, it looks like Trudeau junior is lurching along in total chaos as the scandal unfolds. the latest is at the below link.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/02/canada-justin-trudeau-ex-attorney-general-scandal


Canada: ex-cabinet members expelled from Liberal party amid scandal

Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott ousted after bribery controversy, as Trudeau says ‘trust has been broken’

The case that could bring down Canada’s Justin Trudeau



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Two former Canadian cabinet ministers have been expelled from their party after Justin Trudeau said they could no longer be trusted, as a bitter political scandal continues to inflict political damage on the ruling Liberal party.

Jody Wilson-Raybould, the country’s former justice minister and attorney general, and Jane Philpott, the former president of the treasury board, were expelled on Tuesday, following a vote by members.

“The trust that previously existed between these two individuals and our team has been broken,” said Trudeau after the meeting.
Wilson-Raybould and Philpott were both widely seen as rising stars in the party, and their sudden exit has cast a shadow over Trudeau’s domestic image as a leader committed to transparent government.
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Both women resigned from the cabinet earlier in the year, over allegations that the prime minister and his aides had improperly pressured Wilson-Raybould to abandon the prosecution of engineering giant SNC Lavalin, which is fighting charges of bribery and corruption while pursuing lucrative construction contracts in Libya.

Nevertheless, the two women remained in the Liberal party, and before Tuesday’s meeting, Wilson-Raybould wrote in a letter to party members that she still believed in Liberal values.

“I am angry, hurt, and frustrated because I feel and believe I was upholding the values that we all committed to,” she wrote. “Ultimately the choice that is before you is about what kind of party you want to be a part of, what values it will uphold, the vision that animates it, and indeed the type of people it will attract and make it up.”

The extraordinary move is unlikely to put an end to the scandal, which broke out over allegations of bribery in Libya, but is now posing a serious threat to the Liberal party’s chances in this fall’s general election.

 

[oyster_777]

‘Political grandmaster’ Frank Iacobucci is at the center of SNC Lavalin, Kinder Morgan scandals

This article was floated in an american newspaper March 11 2019. No coverage in Canada on this. Not very many Canadians know about this. Thanks CBC!

https://buffalochronicle.com/2019/0...CJq3aA69dToxpY9AM6ifowRFfduDoLepztI3XMVgz_MZY

Frank Iacobucci is one of the most influential lawyer-lobbyists in all of Canada. He has been at the crux of the nation’s political, legal, and business communities well before he retired his post as a Supreme Court Justice in 2004. Today he is a partner at Torys, Bay Street’s whitest-shoe law firm, and is the most statured attorney in the firm’s indigenous law practice.

Suddenly, this week, nearly everyone in Ottawa wants him to testify before the House of Commons’ justice committee regarding his involvement in the SNC Lavalin scandal, following widespread rumors that it was Iacobucci who first insisted that Jody Wilson Raybould be removed as Attorney General.

Iacobucci led SNC-Lavalin‘s efforts to secure a ‘Deferred Prosecution Agreement’ last summer and into the fall. He was instrumental in persuading Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to insert the new legal provision as a policy rider into last year’s budget bill, acting as SNC Lavalin’s in-house attorney.

Last August, Iacobucci ‘demanded’ a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for SNC Lavalin, even dictating to Finance Minister Bill Morneau the terms that his client ‘would accept’ from the Trudeau government. Sources close to Morneau say that’s a familiar posture for Iacobucci, who months earlier helped colleagues at Torys ‘bully’ Morneau into acquiring Kinder Morgan‘s Trans Mountain Pipeline in May — on terms that CEO Steve Kean would accept.

When Wilson-Raybould refused to offer his client the legal mechanism that he lobbied to invent, he was livid. Iacobucci regularly communicates with Morneau and the former Treasury Board President Scott Brison. He was not shy about articulating his displeasure with the Attorney General to either man.

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Former Treasury Board President Scott Brison, who had oversight responsibilities for federal payments, is now working at BMO as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking. He will have oversight responsibility for BMO’s $400 million investment in the Trans Mountain Pipeline.
The Clerk of the Privy Council, Michael Wernick, even complained to Wilson-Raybould that, ‘Iacobucci is not a shrinking violet’, to impress upon her the political pressures being exerted on Trudeau. Among Toronto-area political operatives, it’s been rumored that Iacobucci may be one of three men in possession of ’embarrassing information’ on Trudeau.

In October Trudeau asked Iacobucci to lead the government’s negotiations with indigenous communities in British Columbia, where consent is required to accommodate the pipeline. The government is not merely required to ‘consult’, because most of British Columbia’s indigenous people have not ceded their lands to Canada by Treaty or transaction.

A source close to the talks suspects that Trudeau had tasked Iacobucci with ‘essentially bribing’ every indigenous community along the pipeline’s route, in order to secure approvals as quickly as possible. The characterization of bribery, the source says, is based on Iacobucci’s posture of engagement with indigenous communities — not allowing for meaningful negotiations, and insisting that the federal government’s duty is satisfied by merely transferring funds to the affected communities, regardless of the outcome of discussions.

Iacobucci, who was already angry that Wilson-Raybould was refusing to allow his client to negotiate a deferred prosecution agreement, feared that his consultations in British Columbia could be construed as improper. He would only agree to take the role on the condition that Trudeau would replace her with a ‘more doting’ Member of Parliament.

Executives at SNC Lavalin have long expected that they will be awarded the construction contract on the multi-billion dollar infrastructure project, and the firm has been advocating aggressively for it in Ottawa. The firm has also been engaging with key influencers in British Columbia.

Iacobucci is a trusted confidant of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party establishment and has received high-profile appointments by federal and provincial Liberal governments.

Iacobucci sits on the Board of Directors of Torstar, the company that publishes The Toronto Star, The Hamilton Spectator, GTA Today, The Niagara Review, iPolitics, and a series of smaller newspapers. He formerly served as Chairman. The Toronto Star, in particular, has earned a reputation for left-leaning opinion pages and reliably favorable coverage of Liberal politicians.

SNC Lavalin’s government relations efforts have been robust. The firm has lobbied dozens of officials in the Trudeau government — and continues to be in frequent and regular communication with senior figures in the PMO and ministerial staff, including Mathieu Bouchard, Elder Marques, and Ben Chin.

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In the absence of Gerald Butts, the recently resigned Principle Secretary, Mathieu Bouchard is emerging as the most influential advisor inside the Prime Minister’s Office. Some observers predict him to be named to that position in the coming weeks.
Indigenous leaders have been calling on Iacobucci to resign his role with the Trans Mountain Pipeline and to ‘fully disclose’ his list of clients and political activities.

The Chronicle was unable to find Iacobucci’s registration in LobbyCanada.

SNC Lavalin has disclosed the following ‘in house’ contacts made with Trudeau officials since September 2016 (Iacobucci was working as an ‘in house’ attorney). In addition, the firm has hired third-party consultants to lobby the government simultaneously.

 

[BornFree]

Justin Trudeau banishes corruption scandal whistleblowers for questioning his leadership

https://www.foxnews.com/world/justi...whistleblowers-for-questioning-his-leadership

Justin Trudeau has banished two Members of Parliament from his party’s caucus after they questioned his leadership amid inappropriate interference in a corruption case of a powerful Canadian engineering company.

Trudeau took the unprecedented step of kicking out former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott, a former Cabinet minister, from the Liberal party caucus on Tuesday.

Both lawmakers are at the forefront of allegations that the Trudeau administration pressured Wilson-Raybould not to pursue a criminal case against SNC-Lavalin, a company that employs about 9,000 people in Canada and some 52,000 around the world, out of fear of potential job losses.

The company is accused of bribing officials in Libya with millions of dollars between 2001 and 2011 to secure government contracts there.

 

[Bubble Head]

Looks like Trudy is going down hard.

 

[Bumblepuff]

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[zeker]

Well, this year is the Canadian national elections, so we’ll see if he stays or goes. I’m betting the Canuck snowflakes keep his effeminate pussy in office.

I doubt he will be re-elected

BUT

MANY women voters love his hair

 

[northern watch]

The SNC-Lavalin affair will fade over the coming months. The Canadian national election is still a long way off. Is Justin Trudeau then in the clear? No a new issue has arisen, the Carbon Tax! Every time you fill up your gas tank in Canada, you pay an extra 4 cents per liter, carbon tax. This is not going away by election time.

NW

 

[Bumblepuff]

I doubt he will be re-elected

BUT

MANY women voters love his hair

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[Doomer Doug]

Trudeau FINALLY going down this October?

This thread is another example of how threads here on Timebomb2000 just keep going and going and going.

It looks like Trudeau Junior, who has been lurching along nicely, since my original post back in April, or almost 5 months ago, has now imploded due to this "blackface scandal." Now, Doomer Doug has never figured out why major crisis damage, like say Treason for example fails to resonate with the Sheeple but something like painting your face black, getting drunk and making an ass out of yourself does. maybe a Canadian thing?

The link is here.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/23/trudeaus-poll-numbers-dropping-blackface/


David Krayden
Ottawa Bureau Chief
September 23, 2019 9:06 AM ET

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued to deflect questions Sunday about whether there were other instances of his wearing blackface — while his poll numbers continue to drop.

Trudeau continues to struggle through a fall federal election that could be a loss for his Liberal Party — thanks in part to the blackface scandal that just won’t go away.

The nightmare began for Trudeau last Wednesday after an article appeared in TIME detailing his brownface appearance at a 2001 party at Vancouver’s West Point Grey Academy, where Trudeau was a drama teacher. More images popped up later that night and the next morning. A video obtained by Global News from the Opposition Conservative Party showed Trudeau prancing around in blackface.

At a Thursday news conference later that day Trudeau blamed his “racist” displays on his “privilege” but declined to say whether there were more embarrassing videos or pictures out there because he couldn’t remember.

 

[Yogizorch]

And those poll numbers were before his "blackface" revelations.

 

[Doomer Doug]

Trudeau junior is now suffering the political version of Chinese Water Torture, or death by 100,000 drips. This link indicates Trudeau is now openly avoiding any contact with the issue by avoiding all debates, and apparently plans to hide in his bunker till election day. It is road kill time for Trudeau Junior. It is usually the little, insignificant things that take down a politician, or governing body. After nearly 50 years of Marxist Democrat rule, it was the abuse of the check system by the House Democrats, Tom Foley, that got them voted out. It will be ironic if a Marxist TRAITOR like Trudeau goes down, not for years of gutting Canada, but for painting his face black/brown and prancing around like a drunk fool.

the link is here

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ls-out-election-debate-amid-blackface-scandal


Rivals Slam Trudeau As PM Pulls Out Of Election Debate Amid 'Blackface' Scandal
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by Tyler Durden
Tue, 09/24/2019 - 12:37



Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is clearly hoping to minimize his time in the spotlight after being hit with an embarrassing "blackface" scandal just one month before election day. In that spirit, the PM has decided to skip a debate on foreign policy with his rivals, prompting the organizer, Munk Debates, to cancel the event.

The chairman of the organization, Rudyard Griffiths, told the Globe and Mail that the debate was cancelled because of Trudeau's refusal, seeing as he would be the only one on stage with any foreign policy experience.

"It’s really unfortunate that Canadians are not going to have a standalone debate on foreign policy this election," Mr. Griffiths said.

It's not difficult to imagine how Trudeau's rivals might use a debate about foreign policy to attack Trudeau about his 'blackface' scandal. At this point, any events that aren't tightly controlled by Trudeau and his campaign are probably off limits, or best avoided, as Trudeau and his party struggle to regain their lead in the polls with only weeks to go until election day.

 

[Doomer Doug]

The edges of Trudeau Junior are starting to fray. He has "apparently," paid off a woman he, well whatever he actually did to her, some $2 million plus to keep quiet. I am not sure if this will stick. Calling Larene? The true corruption is Trudeau was allowed to skate on this, and Canadian voters were denied this information to use in deciding whether to vote for Trudeau junior. However, it is interesting it is an American media source that is breaking this, which means the NDA may not matter since it is already out there.

https://buffalochronicle.com/2019/1...-to-keep-quiet-about-his-west-grey-departure/

Trudeau accuser lands a seven-figure NDA to keep quiet about West Grey departure
October 10, 2019

Sources are telling The Buffalo Chronicle that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s accuser has been in talks with a private attorney for more than a week, discussing a heated sexual relationship that began and ended more than 18 years ago, when the young woman was a student at Vancouver’s prestigious West Point Grey Academy. The Chronicle is told that the two engaged in a months-long affair beginning in the summer of 2000, both on and off-campus.

That non-disclosure and an accompanying non-disparagement agreement were signed last night, according to the source, for more than $2.25 million CDN.

A friend of the accusor’s family reached out to The Chronicle days ago, prior to the signing of the non-disclosure agreement, when its terms were not in effect and still being negotiated. Those talks took nearly two weeks and took place almost entirely in Vancouver.

By Saturday evening, Trudeau’s negotiator became impatient, giving the young woman a deadline of 10pm on Wednesday evening to either agree to or reject the terms of the NDA. The Chronicle became familiar with the situation shortly after Trudeau’s negotiator made that threat.

The young woman and her attorneys were insisting that the terms be mutually binding on Trudeau (in which case Trudeau would be liable for damages if he were to publicly discuss the circumstances of their relationship himself). Trudeau’s attorneys repeatedly refused that request, which was cause for the delay.

It is unknown whether the terms of the final agreement are mutually binding.

Trudeau taught at the West Point Grey Academy between 1999 and 2001 but departed the school abruptly mid-term, and without substantial explanation. At the time he was 29 years old and retained his father’s law firm, Heenan Blaikie, in the matter. The firm released a bizarre statement at the time, in which Trudeau asked the public “not to make things up” about the departure, and insisted that he did not leave to pursue public speaking engagements.

In recent days, Trudeau has denied that he left the school for nefarious reasons, and denied that he signed an NDA at the time of his departure. The family of his accuser does not share that recollection and was told by officials of the school at the time that Trudeau would be bound by a confidentiality agreement that he signed prior to taking his teaching position.

Trudeau has claimed that he was simply moving on with his career. But shortly after he left that position as a full-time substitute teacher, he took a similar but lower-paying position at a nearby public high school. Within a year’s time, he would move back to Montreal where he would pursue shortlived studies in engineering.

Trudeau’s accuser is the daughter of a wealthy Canadian businessman. He asked that she not be identified in our reporting.