Democracy Watch says Trudeau's staff should also be found guilty of violating ethics rules in SNC-Lavalin case
The biggest news story in Canada this morning is the ethics commissioner's report declaring that Justin Trudeau violated the Co…
Democracy Watch says Trudeau's staff should also be found guilty of violating ethics rules in SNC-Lavalin case
The biggest news story in Canada this morning is the ethics commissioner's report declaring that Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act.
Mario Dion concluded that the prime minister's actions didn't conform with section 9 when he tried to influence former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to reconsider the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
This section prohibits public office holders from using their position to seek to influence a decision of another person so as to advance their own private interests or those of a relative or friend, or to improperly further another person's private interests.
https://www.straight.com/news/1285386/democracy-watch-says-trudeaus-staff-should-also-be-found-guilty-violating-ethics-rules
Flashback 2017
Trudeau guilty, just before Hell was about to freeze over
Federal Ethics Commission Mary Dawson has given Canadians an early Christmas present by formally finding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau guilty of breaking the law with his Yuletide vacation in 2016 to the sun-drenched private Caribbean island of the Aga Khan.
Most of us thought she was waiting for Hell to freeze over before making her ruling, although she did come close.
Her last day on the job is Jan. 8.
During the two years the Trudeau Liberals have been in power, it has become increasingly obvious that the PM and his cabinet cohorts have a tin ear when it comes to issues involving ethics.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trudeau-guilty-just-before-hell-was-about-to-freeze-over
Media freedom under Trudeau’s Liberals is worse than ever
According to Reporters Without Borders’ 2019 World Press Freedom Index, Canada has fallen to 18th in the world in terms of media freedom, well below Jamaica and even Costa Rica. We were 8th in the world in 2013. Such a decline in integrity signifies a major shift in our government’s position on freedom ..
