The Liberals can’t shut down what they don’t control
Andrew MacDougall: The PM needs to realize the SNC-Lavalin scandal isn’t going anywhere—not with two former ministers who refuse to play by the old rules
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SNC-Lavalin
Jane Philpott: ’There’s much more to the story that needs to be told’
In an exclusive interview with Paul Wells, the former Treasury Board president says: ’we actually owe it to Canadians as politicians to ensure that they have the truth.’
Nothing to see here, says party desperately hiding something
Andrew MacDougall: The Liberals want Canadians to ’arrive at a conclusion’. After all the resignations and games, there’s really only one to draw.
The Liberals just can’t quit the SNC-Lavalin scandal
Matt Gurney: They name a party insider to investigate. Prematurely shut down the justice committee. The Liberals sure seem determined to keep things boiling.
Michael Wernick to quit before the next election: Full text of letter to PM
Wernick: ’There is no path for me to have a relationship of mutual trust and respect with the leaders of the Opposition parties’
Scott Brison has retired from politics—but politics haven’t retired from him
Anne Kingston: A closer look at the veteran politician’s surprise exit reveals yet more intersections between business and government
Bring back Gerry Butts
Andrew MacDougall: Why did the PM’s ex-principal secretary go, while others are allowed to stay? Either nobody did anything wrong, or everybody did.
Andrew Scheer’s LavScam fumble
Andrew MacDougall: What’s needed is a calm and systematic destruction of Trudeau’s arguments. The Conservative leader is just now catching on.
The world is watching, Justin Trudeau
Matt Gurney: The PM is taking fire from some unusual places, from the OECD to the NYT. These attacks will not be brushed off so easily.
Does Justin Trudeau know what he’s doing?
Stephen Maher: The SNC-Lavalin affair raises more corrosive questions about the Prime Minister’s competence than his ethics