Ya think that CBC their LIEbrano Paymasters and their many Trolls would know by now what I am up to N'esy Pas?

I must say the CBC moderators behaved very strangely today. 

The nasty bastards blocked some comments that surprised me and did not block comments I expected them to. 

Methinks the worm must be turning on the LIEbranos and their evil CBC pals N'esy Pas?

Right or wrong at least I expected them to block the comment found immediately below.

 
John Napier

the entire liberal party should be sued. they made bunch of promises during elections to just get elected. the only promise they kept was to bring 30 000 refugees and have taxpayers to pay for it.

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David Raymond Amos 

 @John Napier Will suing the Queen do? I did when Harper was the boss.

More importantly I have been arguing the same lawyers who are now working for the liberals for nearly two years. Within the due process of law the very snobby and very mindless Crown Counsels failed to even protect Prime Minister Trudeau" The Younger" from a personal lawsuit.

The most amazing thing to me is that the mindless Liberal Minister of Justice just appointed the top lawyer I have been arguing in Federal Court to sit on the bench of Federal Court. Unbelievable? Perhaps but it is nevertheless true. Truth is stranger that fiction N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

@David Raymond Amos Oh My Why would CBC block that comment?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-party-legal-defamation-suit-1.4397431

Secret settlement reached in feud between Liberals, ex-MP

Tony Ianno and wife Christine Innes filed defamation suit claiming $1.5M each in 2014

By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2017 3:48 PM ET


527 Comments
Commenting is now closed for this story.


 
Gordon MacFarlane

Another day another secret settlement!

And yet again it gets released while the Prime Minister is hiding far far away

Hope the Liberal Party of Canada is paying for this from their own pockets....for a change.

Seriously, every day another embarrassment for team Trudeau.

If this continues it will be back to third for team tween

David Raymond Amos

@Gordon MacFarlane Neocons such as yourself should study Paragraph 83 of my lawsuit in Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 Instead of acting ethically and protecting Trudeau's reputation their lawyers attacked me instead? Seems that I should sue Trudeau now N'esy Pas?

Darren MacDonald

@David Raymond Amos Sue for $50M and you might have a cheque cut next week for $10.5M.

David Raymond Amos

@Darren MacDonald I already sued for 11 million. Trust that he next one will be a dilly

Gordon MacFarlane

@David Raymond Amos

Not a neocon David or even a boring old Conservative.

Somewhat so in personality but not in ideology.

As for Trudeau and his legal strategy....no surprise. It is exactly what his toadies do here on this forum. They constantly try to discredit the CBC or the author of any pieces not to their liking.

Good luck with the law suit but please make it against Trudeau the individual so if you win, he pays not the rest of us

David Raymond Amos

@Gordon MacFarlane How do you explain the fact that the Crown Corp known as CBC ignored its nonpartisan mandate five times as I ran for public office? I am the guy that does not exist to CBC but Google offers a different tale Perhaps you should Google two names and enjoy a little info about their overseers.

David Amos Melanie Jolie

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David Raymond Amos

@Gordon MacFarlane BTW as I said earlier elsewhere I spoke to JP Tasker personally last week and asked him if he read my emails to him or the comment sections within the articles he writes. The snob said he couldn't be bothered. I just laughed and told him he should.

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David Raymond Amos

@David Raymond Amos Oh My another "Content disabled". time for me to take a nap N'esy Pas Minister Jolie?

Gordon MacFarlane

@David Raymond Amos

I am not here to explain things to you David nor do I have time for or interest in your slap fight with the mother corp.

If you crave attention seek it elsewhere

David Raymond Amos

@Gordon MacFarlane It is a small wonder to me as to why CBC is blocking all my replies to you

David Raymond Amos 

@Gordon MacFarlane Whats sauce for Goose is sauce for the Gander

Your words not mine in another comment section.

"@Frank Lee I asked for an answer

You gave me a commercial full of LPC talking points without including the slightest substantiation to support them.

Your position is an opinion. nothing more.

As a rebuttal it is about as clever and as credible as your name"

Methinks that you partake of a lot of gravy that causes you to be fat dumb and happy while slinging a lot of insults as you demand debate within CBC's domain.

Yet when someone wishes to make gravy out of you in public forum financed by my fellow taxpayer's and I then you cut and run like chicken instead of the mean old Gander whom you pretend to be. I declare I am the Gander in this little spit and chew What say you?

  
Douglas Fowler

When you can't defend your actions blame the previous PM. That is a sure sign of weakness. Watch for it more and more.

David Raymond Amos

@Douglas Fowler Perhaps you should study my lawsuit then ask your who are the liberals defending and why?

 
Matt Dunnigan

ABT

Anything But Trudeau

Keith Newcastle

@Matt Dunnigan : I'd vote for a walnut over Trudeau.

David Raymond Amos

@Keith Newcastle Why go for a nut? Pick me I am a vegetable

 
Hank Schraeder

Maybe Gerald Butts can set up one of those Justin cardboard cutouts at the National War memorial tomorrow.

Edward Peter

@Hank Schraeder
He is actually closer to where hundreds of Canadians were killed and imprisoned in the Second World war than you are! The area of he world that he is in has seen far more wars than Canada has seen, and the honouring of the people that fought for PEACE can be done anywhere in the world

David Raymond Amos

@Edward Peter "the honouring of the people that fought for PEACE can be done anywhere in the world"

Well Said Sir

  
Justin Vane

The Trudeau fan base will fall back to their common line

"It is all Harper's fault"

David Raymond Amos

@Justin Vane I say its all the lawyers who are at fault.

alan boucain

What Ianno says sounds like the truth to me. How else would Trudeau arrange enough women to form half his cabinet? These latest batch of Liberals have no shame, no shame at all.

David Raymond Amos

@alan boucain Methinks Ianno's wife Christine Innes is a woman too. If so how does your argument work for you?


 
alan boucain

My favourite mythical creature used to be the Loch Ness Monster. Now it's an honest Liberal politician.

David Raymond Amos

@alan boucain Methinks that thou doth jest too much. My Scottish ancestors informed my Clan that Nessie is a myth just like Democracy and Justice is within the British Empire. The Yankees figured that out hundreds of years ago N'esy Pas?

 
Craig Nettles

Upcoming next week

Monday Announcement:

Federal government hands out millions to a special interest group

Tuesday announcement:

Trudeau has photo op with sick children then goes on Much Dance party

Wednesday Announcement:

Trudeau on hand to handout millions to special interest group

Thursday Announcement:

Trudeau and Sophie photo op with family skating

Friday:

CBC reports more financial scandals with the Liberals at 5pm

Ah the Weekend -

David Raymond Amos

@Craig Nettles Methinks you forgot all the secret backroom deals held everyday behind closed doors with Banksters, Law Firms, Auditors, the CRA and of course the KPMG dudes who do double duty as beancounters and lawyers

 

Joyce Dunn

I don't know why Morneau doesn't just resign already he doesn't need the money, and he hates politics.It's almost like Morneau Shepell has something on him and are forcing him stick it out.

ted verwey

@Joyce Dunn He would never resign, he figures still that he's entitled to his entitlements!

David Raymond Amos

@ted verwey The lawyer David Dingwell and his lawyer's tricks with Parliament taught them well N'esy Pas?

  

James Watson

It seems that Justin's Liberals are just rotten to the core!

alan boucain

@James Watson

Apple and tree and all that.

David Raymond Amos

@alan boucain Yea but who dares to bite the apple other me myself and I?

 

alan boucain

If the Liberals aren't going to quit, at least they should stop trying to fundamentally change the country through immigration as nobody trusts them.

David Raymond Amos

@alan boucain I must give a little devil his due I must admit that he does has his share of fans who like his comments. However to be fair to all I should point out that it appears that just as many folks do not like his words N'esy Pas?

  

donna gregoire

...another sleezy under the table pay out by the Liberals...everyone is lining up even people who have never been to Canada...

David Raymond Amos

@donna gregoire I took a number (T-1557-15) and have been standing in line for my settlements since September of 2015. I hope nobody tries to jump in line in front of me after I paid my two loonies in Federal Court just as the Queen demanded in order to sue her.

  

bill chagwich

how many more secret deals are out there,that the public is unaware,remember these are liberals

David Raymond Amos
@bill chagwich I have couple of secret deals for you that I was involved in. Do you recall when Harper stopped BHP from buying Potash Corp because it was not in the Canadian interests? Perhaps you should ask your local MP if you can see the letter the Chair of BHP sent me in September of 2010 months before Harper made his decision.

Do you recall that later Harper changed his mind on such things and allowed a Chinese oil company to take over Nexen (Landslide Annie sat on their board at the time) After the deal was done Harper's buddy Kevin Lynch quit his fancy job in the PCO as the top bureaucrat in Canada and became a director of CNOOC Ltd Do you think I may have raised a lot of Hell about that malicious nonsense before I ran for a seat in Parliament again in 2015? Methinks it should be a small wonder to your MP whomever they may be as to why I was suing the Queen at the same time

 
Larry P Farrell

Trudeau - secret deals left right and center.
WORST PM by leaps and bounds that this country has ever ever ever experienced.

David Raymond Amos

@Larry P Farrell Nope Harper takes the cake on that one

 
Ben Smith

Liberals and secrets always go together.

David Raymond Amos

@Ben Smith Trust that I know for a fact that the Conservatives are every bit as bad if not worse but so are the Green Meanies and the Fake Left dudes.


  
Marni Mason

The Liberal scandal machine just keeps on churning out fodder for stories for the cbc at a torrid pace. Hiring any writers?

David Raymond Amos 

 @Marni Mason In a nutshell why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

To elaborate a bit Methinks its all part of the circus for you to enjoy that is funded at our expense. Sit back and enjoy the show. Trust that the CBC can get all the fodder it needs for free to assist them in writing more from the comment sections of their "News' articles.

I know from personal experience that the comments CBC block are particularly newsworthy but I can only imagine what else has been blocked. However the CBC and the politicians who oversee them are privy to all our indignation and they will decide what to reveal and what not to to keep us entertained. If my reasoning is correct then you have your answer as to why CBC will never give you or me a job. N'esy Pas?

 

Marni Mason

"Finance Minister Bill Morneau's actions related to the introduction of a pensions bill are being examined by Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson to see if they violated the Conflict of Interest Act."

Who could have guessed it would be Trudeau's choice for finance minister that would solidify a Conservative win in 2019?

 
Mack MacEven

A new guideline for this site:

Calling the Liberals corrupt and unethical is not allowed on this site because they fund it with our tax dollars. But its OK to say whatever you want about the other parties because the PMO that oversees this site is OK with that.

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David Raymond Amos

@Mack MacEven Methinks you should read all the comments before writing such an obviously dumb partisan declaration N'esy Pas?

 

Mack MacEven

Another backroom Trudeau deal to cover up the unethical conduct of a bunch of corrupt Liberals.

David Raymond Amos

@Mack MacEven Methinks that comment by put forth obvious neocons is becoming rather redundant N'esy Pas?.Why bore us? Why not sit back awhile and ponder the article then come up with an original thought on the topic and put in text for CBC to publish so that your fellow taxpayers may enjoy your wisdom?

 
Les Deavu

Just more corrupt totalitarian communism for liarabel party !

David Raymond Amos

@Les Deavu Methinks the LIEbranos are capitalists of the highest order. But what would I know? I am just another dumb Maritimer that your hero Harper claims to have been defeated long ago N'esy Pas?

 

Mike Trout

Willy Morneau............................just man up and resign already, Canadians do not believe, trust or respect you.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morneau-examine-ethics-commissioner-1.4398227

Funny watching the ashen faced "Power panel" on Power and Politiks mumbling excuses and ah, um, ahing their way along.

ABL 2019

Karin Bougie

@Mike Trout

Oh look, the +20 disable person has went out for the night.

You have 9 likes and only 1 dislike......imagine that......

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David Raymond Amos

@Karin Bougie I know I am just another dumb Maritimer to many snobs in the rest of Canada but at least I can read and understand numbers. It certainly looks to me that Mr Trout is running upstream on a fairly even keel. Its your tally of likes and dislikes that more aptly reflects your comment. Methinks if you don't change tack you may run aground and embarrass yourself N'esy Pas?

 
Tucker Carlson

At least it won't cost tax payers $10 million again, they're the wrong demographic for that kind of settlement

David Raymond Amos

@Tucker Carlson What you say is true oh ye with an interesting name.

 

David Raymond Amos

@Tucker Carlson I see that your boss Rupert Murdoch has been given the go-ahead to take over all of the broadcaster BSkyB do ya think you dudes at FOX will be given the OK get back to your old tricks in the USA?

  

Mike Trout

Oh my. When both the CBC AND the Huffington Post think you suck then the tide is turning against the "sunny ways" and the silly sock puppet Liberal "government".

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jeff-rosemartland/veterans-affairs-still-acts-like-it-doesnt-owe-canadian-soldiers-a-thing_a_23271429/

ABL 2019 !!

David Raymond Amos 

 @Mike Trout Methinks CBC has changed tack a bit and are telling us a little more of the awful truth about the LIEbranos the natural governing party of Canada because the CBC's Grand Inquisitor has disclosed to the "Powers That Be" and the rest of us that he is not certain whom we mere commoners are going to put in the PMO next in order oversee their payslips and pensions N'esy Pas?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-pollcast-gamache-1.4383851

The Pollcast: State of the polls with 2 years to go
Host Éric Grenier is joined by the CBC's Nick Gamache
CBC News Posted: Nov 02, 2017 2:08 PM ET

"After two years in office, the Liberals are still the favourites to win the next election. They hold a six-point lead in the polls and could use a breakthrough in Quebec to hold on to their majority government.

But their odds have worsened after weeks of controversies surrounding Finance Minister Bill Morneau, boosting the chances that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh can produce breakthroughs of their own in some parts of the country."

 

Philippe Dugas

The Liberanos - A new slime-filled drama coming to a cinema near you.

David Raymond Amos

@Philippe Dugas FYI I call them LIEbranos and they make laugh just like the 3 Stooges used to do the kid me when I watched them on CBC TV well over 50 years ago. No kidding.

 

Mike Trout

Wow the liberals must stink to high heaven when even the Shills at Power and Politks segment for the Propaganda arm of the clumsy and arrogant trudeau Liberal "government" (formerly the CBC) has a hard time spinning and defending Willy Morneau and the "PM" sock puppet.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morneau-examine-ethics-commissioner-1.4398227

Moreau, be a man and resign, Canada does not want you and Canadians do not trust (or even remotely like you). Yeah and take the little sock puppet "PM" with you on the way out also like a good boy.

ABL 2018/19

David Raymond Amos

@Mike Trout You post a lot but never respond is it me or is it your MO?

  

Hank Hietala

Now they are secretly transparent and open. Did Trudeau say that in one of his promises?

David Raymond Amos 

@Hank Hietala George Orwell labelled it Doublespeak long before I was born or Papa Pierre's little bundle of joy born Xmass Day. I was old enough to be Justin's Father in1971 but not nearly as old as his Father was. However I have three children of my own in my Clan who not only give me reason to live but help to keep my faith in mankind no matter how much people such as the Trudeau family and their many cohorts may try to deter that faith.

I know for a fact 2 ladies I love more than life itself could argue Pierre's son under the table in an open debate for a joke. My first Little Darlin was born ten years after Justin and my last Little Darlin was born at Xmass 12 years later. I know it to be so because they have been debating me all their lives. Trust that I ain't easy to argue. On the other hand my infinitely wise Joy Boy born between my Little Darlins is a very quite man who thinks deep. He would not even consider arguing Trudeau "The Younger" because it would be a waste of his precious time. He seldom argues me I have never failed to agree with his reasoning. I realized he is the best man I ever met when he was 3 years old. He is so wise beyond his years its astounding. I am lucky and very honoured to be the Father of such very decent people

Mr Pirsig was not the only dude who understands Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Some men such as my son are born with that understanding without having to be taught .FYI for years people told me of Pirsig's book and claimed that I talked like he wrote. I thought they were joking because of the title of the book. When a lady bought the book and demanded that I read it, I had to oblige. I laughed as I agreed with her assessment of me and was happy to learn that someone who thought like me took the time to write it.

  

Jimmy Jack

It is just sickening how transparently, anti-transparent this brutal government is.....

David Raymond Amos 

@Jimmy Jack Oh dear how quickly Conservatives forget the Harper Government and its malice towards us all. Methinks you wish to forget the reason Harper was found in Contempt of Parliament on March 21st, 2011. Trust that is not the same reason I was on June 24th, 2004.

Everybody talked about Harper malicious actions and yet he won a majority after that with Iggy's help. Go Figure Perhaps you should ask CBC why it has never mentioned why I have been considered so contemptible by the Crown for 13 years particularly two years after I sued the Queen about it while running for a seat in Parliament again in 2015. Truth is stranger than fiction N'esy Pas?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mps-report-finds-government-in-contempt-1.1091382

"The Conservative government is in contempt of Parliament, a report by a committee of MPs tabled Monday concludes.

The government's failure to produce all documents that had been requested from it or to provide a satisfactory explanation for withholding them impedes the ability of MPs to carry out their duties, the report said, and the government is therefore in contempt.

The 26-page report was tabled late Monday afternoon and 48 hours must go by before the House of Commons can vote on whether to accept the committee's report. The finding is a historic one and it paves the way for the Liberals, or any of the other opposition parties, to move a non-confidence motion on the matter and bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government."

Clint Allen

It's unethical to vote Liberal.

David Raymond Amos

@Clint Allen Its insane to vote Conservative so what are we to do?

  


Ric Smith

There's a reason Hollywood loves liberals. They both have the same ethics, which is none.

David Raymond Amos

@Ric Smith Ya think that CBC their LIEbrano Paymasters and their many Trolls would know by now what I am up to N'esy Pas?

 
alan boucain

Always protecting the Trudeau brand by making sure he's out of country.

David Raymond Amos

@alan boucain Perhaps you are right on that point. It is Friday and most folks have the memory of a gnat when it comes to what politicians are up to. Its not that the folks are dumb. They quite simply don't care anymore because one political party is every bit as stinky as the other.

 
bill chagwich

ethics commissioner examining Morneau's sponsorship of pensionbill,so sad looking

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morneau-examine-ethics-commissioner-1.4398227

David Raymond Amos

@bill chagwich If you wish to see something really sad and truly funny at the same time you should see the email I got from the Ethics Commissioner several months before Morneau was in the hot seat.

  
Phillip Potter

You can hear the shredders working overtime at the Trudeau Foundation.

David Raymond Amos

@Phillip Potter In 2005 nearly a year after I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament I got a incredibly incompetent and very malicious response from the Trudeau Foundation byway of the evil lawyer Stephen J. Toope. They can't shred my copy.

 
Douglas Fowler

The only people worse than those running this Govt are those who try and defend their awful record.

David Raymond Amos

@Douglas Fowler I agree I have been arguing their many lawyers in many courts in two countries since 2002 while the Feds of Canada and the USA try hard to lock me up and shut me. When will they ever learn the some Maritimers don't back up. Not all of us are defeatists as Harper claimed.

 
Douglas Fowler

More Liberal infighting and skulldugery. Liberal times are litigious times. More taxpayers $ down the drain in settled law suits. A few million here and $10 million there!!!

David Raymond Amos

@Douglas Fowler You might as well sit back and enjoy circus after you are paying for it. As for me I paid my two bits to see a High Diving Act and I demand to see one.

 
Phillip Potter

Progressives, your Libs are having a few bad months...keep it up!

Colin Campbell

@Justin Vane
The Libs could not care less about the national debt. Only focus right now is spending lots of money to try to buy the next election.
It is just so important to Canada, and the world, that Justin remain PM of Canada. If it costs the taxpayers and extra $80B in debt, it is taxpayer money well spent.

David Raymond Amos

@Colin Campbell "If it costs the taxpayers and extra $80B in debt, it is taxpayer money well spent"

Methinks you are being facetious with an awful truth that is far from fictitious and it hurts everyones feelings.

  


alan boucain

And the hits keep coming. Now the EC is investigating Morneau's role in the pension bill.

John Jackson

@alan boucain

Get back here potato boy. We're not done with you yet.

alan boucain

@John Jackson

They should nickname him "Chip."

John Jackson

@alan boucain

Spud

alan boucain

@John Jackson

Pomme de Terre.

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David Raymond Amos

@alan boucain Methinks Morneau is a fish who married a chip

 
Phillip Potter

Trudeau sr - the draft dodger...Trudeau jr - the Remembrance Day dodger.

David Raymond Amos

@Phillip Potter "Trudeau sr - the draft dodger" ???

Thats a new one on me

 
Douglas Fowler

This trip was a loser for Canada and a disgrace for Trudeau. Mr. Selfie was at it again at taxpayers expense

Bryan Doehler

@Douglas Fowler You're posting on the wrong article.

David Raymond Amos

@Bryan Doehler I agree

 

Hank Schraeder

Justin is a gold plated hypocrite.

David Raymond Amos

@Hank Schraeder Fools gold maybe

  

Hank Schraeder

They should have sued for $10.5M each.

David Raymond Amos

@Hank Schraeder Methinks it would have made no difference. They would still have settled for the same amount in the end.

 

jimmysinclair

The beleaguered Trudeau regime under yet another gaffe.

They never end.

David Raymond Amos

@jimmysinclair Wait for it we are only half way through this circus in Parliament. It may get even more comical.


 
Vernon Shein

PM Trudeau, what happened to your promise of transparency?

"At its heart is a simple idea: transparent government is good government. If we want Canadians to trust their government, we need a government that trusts Canadians.".

https://www.liberal.ca/openness-and-transparency/

David Raymond Amos
@Vernon Shein Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" turfed that promise just like the ERRE promise for his benefit. However he is sticking to the promise to legalize dope in order to further dumb down his fans and insure reelection. trust that Justin's puppet masters are far from dumb. Their wealthy forefathers have been playing this wicked game within the British Commonwealth for hundreds of years. Remember why the Yankees rebelled? Methinks they claimed it was no taxation without proper representation. Correct?

I agree with the Yankee rebels with regards to taxation However something was awful funny to me and no doubt my Loyalist Ancestors as well. (One was a proud Kings Ranger who fought a lot like the Indians did). If the sneaky Yankees really meant what they said about taxation then why did they feel the to dress up as Indians as they conducted an interesting Tea Party in Boston Harbour? That nonsense went down about 20 years or so after the British took Canada from the French byway of War. Methinks those Yankee to too scared to be themselves in public for fear of the Crown's law enforcement authorites making them suffer for their words and deeds.I have Deja Vu a lot as watch the "Anonymous' crowd and their nasty antics today. How is breaking windows and burning cop cars solving anything?

Methinks if you don't have a a name to back them up then your words are worthless. All the people we honour today who died in defense of our rights and interests have names carved in stone. They didn't talk they did something just as their brothers in arms who survived the conflicts. There is a big difference between them and big talkers such as Justin and his  Papa Pierre the liberal lawyer who opted not to serve in World War II, although of age and in good health  N'esy Pas?

Secret settlement reached in feud between Liberals, ex-MP

Tony Ianno and wife Christine Innes filed defamation suit claiming $1.5M each in 2014

By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2017 3:48 PM ET

Former Liberal MP and junior minister Tony Ianno and his wife Christine Innes hav reached a legal settlement in a defamation suit against the Liberal Party of Canada. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

A long-running legal feud, between two former high-profile Liberals and both the prime minister and Canada's ambassador to the U.S., has ended with a secret settlement.

The Liberals issued a statement on Friday saying the lawsuit brought by Tony Ianno, a former Liberal MP, and his wife Christine Innes claiming defamation has been settled "by mutual agreement of the parties."

"The Liberal Party of Canada acknowledges the many years of public service and deep and valued contribution that Ms. Innes and the Honourable Tony Ianno have made to public affairs and the people of Canada," the statement reads.

"The Liberal Party of Canada regrets the circumstances that led to this lawsuit. The parties are pleased to have resolved this litigation and will not be making further comment."

• Ex-MP joins wife's legal suit against Liberal Party
• Trudeau fires back in legal dispute

The parties agreed to keep terms of the settlement confidential, the release said.

Ianno, a former junior minister in then-Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet, joined the defamation suit launched by Innes after she was barred from running for the Liberals in a byelection for the former Toronto-area riding of Trinity–Spadina, and prohibited from seeking any Liberal nomination for the 2015 general election.

Innes had filed the April 2014 suit against Justin Trudeau, then the Liberal party leader, and MacNaughton, who was the co-chair of his Ontario campaign team, claiming $1.5 million in damages to her reputation.

'Bullying and intimidation' claims

MacNaughton, who is now Canada's top diplomat in Washington, informed her of the decision by email, alleging "bullying and intimidation" tactics used by her campaign team.

Ianno sought another $1.5 million for damage to his reputation, lost business opportunities and emotional suffering, suing MacNaughton but not Trudeau.

Innes was blocked from running after complaints from several young Liberal volunteers, who alleged they were bullied and pressured by Ianno. They claimed he warned them they would have little future in the party if they didn't support Innes.

There were also allegations Ianno bad-mouthed both Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, then the Liberal MP for the neighbouring riding of Toronto Centre.

Ianno maintained the allegations of bullying were concocted to disguise the real reason Innes' candidacy was blocked — that the Trudeau team wanted to ensure she would not challenge Freeland for the nomination in the new riding of University–Rosedale, contrary to Trudeau's pledge to hold open nominations in every riding.

"MacNaughton deliberately sacrificed Ianno's reputation in order to create a smokescreen to shield Trudeau from public outcry for breaching his public vow of non-interference in local riding nominations," Ianno says in his statement of claim.

In a statement of defence responding to Innes' lawsuit, Trudeau and MacNaughton said their comments about the blocked candidacy were fair, truthful and a matter of public interest.