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Methinks Trudeau and his cohorts know that I have no such problem whatsoever figuring out who the liars are N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/04/wilson-raybould-denies-trying-to.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-raybould-snc-lavalin-lametti-1.5085930
Wilson-Raybould denies trying to hamstring Lametti on SNC-Lavalin file
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Jim Redmond
The Liberals are sinking to a new low. Would someone who still supports the Liberals please explain why.
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Jim Redmond: Methinks Trudeau The Younger's last words quoted within this article answers your question N'esy Pas? "Unfortunately, there was an erosion and a breakdown in trust that proved we were unable to move forward together."
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jim Redmond: Methinks Trudeau The Younger's last words quoted within this article answers your question N'esy Pas?
"Unfortunately, there was an erosion and a breakdown in trust that proved we were unable to move forward together.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Sharp: """"SNC proved abuse of process in submitting its appeal today. Prosecution Services' case will be thrown out no matter what early next year anyway""
So you say anyway
Joey Mudde
Honestly who cares what liberal sources say?
Obviously they are trying to smear JWR... and yet their accusations are reported through this news agency as if they are facts...
David R. Amos
Reply to @Joey Mudde: 'Honestly who cares what liberal sources say?"
Methinks nobody should care what anyone says about anything if they do not have the sand to back up their claims with a true name N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Sharp: "No news organization in Canada has dragged the SNC non-scandal on and on and on like CBC. "
Methinks thou doth protest too much when things don't go your way EH?
Mac Lester
the Trudeau liberals are in full force blaming JRW for telling the truth, so sad
David R. Amos
Reply to @Mac Lester: Methinks the real problem is that JWR has refused to tell the WHOLE truth However at least my dispute with her minions is recorded in the public records of Federal Court N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Richard Sharp: "Read SNC's appeal docs"
Methinks folks should read Federal Court File No T-1557-15 as well N'esy Pas?
Patrick MacNeil
The Liberals are now vilifying a hero for integrity and honesty. How utterly unsurprising!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Patrick MacNeil: Methinks many politicians should agree that I have not seen a hero for integrity and honesty make an appearance yet but they never will N'esy Pas?
Troy Mann
Reply to @Lesslie Askin:
Rolls eyes at conservatives trying to make this into something.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Troy Mann:
Methinks you wish to overlook the fact that this circus was created by
Trudeau and his cohorts versus two of his cabinet ministers N'esy Pas?
Carey Turner:
CBC, having a little trouble with your sources are we.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Carey Turner: "CBC, having a little trouble with your sources are we."
Apparently so
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Robert Jones: "so I guess I'll have to believe the side that hasn't been caught lying to me yet"
Methinks Trudeau and his cohorts know that I have no such problem whatsoever figuring out who the liars are N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: Oh My My Methinks somebody just proved my point again N'esy Pas?
Allen Franks
I had to laugh when Lametti said he never talked with JWR about the SNC file. That would make him the least curious person in Canada.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Allen Franks: "I had to laugh when Lametti said he never talked with JWR about the SNC file."
Me Too
Arlond Lynds
Reply to @Allen Franks:
Or one of the many who have recognized that JWR and Philpott have made themselves political poison.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Arlond Lynds: Methinks the NDP would love to have them in their caucus N'esy Pas?
Dave MacDonald
Who to believe a PM with 5 ethics convictions and denied the story when it first appeared in the Globe and Mail or JWR . Easy call going with JWR .
Jennifer McIsaac
Reply to @Dave MacDonald:
There are no facts only personal statements that cannot truly be verified in the main.
That is the problem with this whole issue - perceptions, interpretations, speculations but no facts.
If this was a court of Law requiring evidence there would be no case.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jennifer McIsaac: "If this was a court of Law requiring evidence there would be no case"
Perhaps you can explain Federal Court File No T-1557-15
Perhaps you can explain Federal Court File No T-1557-15
Arlond Lynds
Reply to @Dave MacDonald:
Blah, blah, blah.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Arlond Lynds: Witty
Tom Sawyer
For a party that said they want to move on and work for the middle class, blah.blah, they are not showing it.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tom Sawyer: True
Marko Novak
Justin's political interference in the justice system, which is obstruction of justice and against the law, is the real story here. That was what started this whole mess. His replacing JWR with someone who would make this go away is more evidence of that. He held power over JWR as the PM when he made his demands, evidenced by the fact that he managed to throw her out of the party for disobeying his wishes. JWR held no power over her replacement when she made hers, all she could do was go public with the truth and we heard that truth loud and clear. These things are not comparable.
Justin's political interference in Canada's justice system and possible obstruction of justice is the real problem, stop trying to minimize that and deflect/change the story into something else
Stanley Baird
Reply to @Marko Novak: agreed, but don't forget SNC started this mess and somehow Trudeau has to realize it is not his job to fix it for them.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Stanley Baird: "don't forget SNC started this mess and somehow Trudeau has to realize it is not his job to fix it for them."
Methinks we are past that now and questioning Trudeau's actions N'esy Pas?
Robert Jones
Reply to @Penny Robertson: " even though she and Philpott have said they have nothing more to add."
Nothing more that they can LEGALLY add, you mean. Trudeau never did release them from privilege so they could speak freely.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Robert Jones: Exactly
Roger Jerome
The daily smear campaign against Jody reinforces my respect for her
David R. Amos
Reply to @Roger Jerome: Welcome to the Circus
Arlond Lynds
Reply to @Roger Jerome: Against Jody??? You must be kidding.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Arlond Lynds: Methinks you know I am not kidding if not you can always simply Google Jod'ys name and mine N'esy Pas?
Wilson-Raybould denies trying to hamstring Lametti on SNC-Lavalin file
Vancouver Granville MP says she was fully aware of the role, authority of attorney general
Jody Wilson-Raybould says she never tried to meddle in the SNC-Lavalin file after she was shuffled out of the attorney general's job.
In an interview with CBC Radio Vancouver's The Early Edition, Wilson-Raybould denied reports that she demanded that her successor, David Lametti, be directed not to override an independent prosecutor's decision to make SNC-Lavalin face a criminal trial.
The Vancouver Granville MP insisted she has always been clear on the independent role and authority of the attorney general, and flatly denied trying to bind Lametti on her decision not to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin prosecution.
"I would absolutely never do that," she told host Stephen Quinn.
Sources have told CBC News that Wilson-Raybould made at least five demands in order to resolve the bitter SNC-Lavalin dispute, including that three top government officials be fired. Sources also said she wanted a formal apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and his assurance that his new attorney general would not overturn her decision not to offer SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
"There were a number of discussions. What I will say about those conditions that were reported, one of them was around whether or not the current attorney general would issue a DPA and I have to say unequivocally that I would never interfere with the independence of the attorney general," Wilson-Raybould said.
Wilson-Raybould
has testified that she faced inappropriate, intense political pressure
and veiled threats to persuade her to overrule the decision by Kathleen
Roussel, director of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, and offer
the Montreal-based engineering and construction firm a DPA.
CBC News reached out to Wilson-Raybould Wednesday night about the list of demands, but she declined to comment.
In an email to CBC News Thursday night, she said, "I have never and would never seek to interfere with the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the attorney general of Canada."
After Wilson-Raybould issued that statement, CBC news re-contacted the sources for this story. One said Wilson-Raybould raised the demand that the DPP's decision on SNC-Lavalin be respected directly with Trudeau during their conversations in Vancouver before she resigned from cabinet.
But, the source said, that condition was not part of the conversations in the recent days leading up to Tuesday's expulsion from caucus, as the demands Wilson-Raybould wanted met evolved and changed throughout the weeks of discussions.
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan said he was "confused" by that condition because it flies in the face of her claim that the attorney general should always be independent of political direction.
"I dont understand how you can say you should never interfere with an attorney general's decision, and yet she wanted to effectively handcuff the new attorney general," he said Thursday. "Either you believe in that principle, and I respect her for believing in it, or you don't."
Trudeau expelled Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus this week, explaining that trust had been irreparably broken with the former cabinet ministers.
Philpott told CBC Radio's The Current on Thursday the controversy that has dogged the government for months could have been contained much earlier with an apology from the prime minister for alleged political interference in a criminal trial — and a promise that it wouldn't happen again.
Wilson-Raybould echoed that today, saying an apology to Canadians would have gone a long way.
"I had hoped all along that the prime minister would have accepted some responsibility for wrongdoing in the case and essentially apologize to Canadians," she told The Early Edition.
In the interview, Wilson-Raybould said she had no regrets about anything she had done, including the secret taping of a Dec. 19 conversation she had with Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick.
She also acknowledged that her actions have caused damage to the Liberal Party and how that could have helped lead to a Conservative government being elected in the fall, which may not be good for advancing Indigenous rights.
"I think that is a worry. I think that we need to have an approach to resolving and recognizing Indigenous rights that can't be confined to one political party, can't be confined to the government party, the Conservative Party, the NDP and other parties," she said.
Wilson-Raybould said she still shares the Liberal values of equality and inclusion in policy-making. She's now reflecting on her political future and will speak with family, volunteers and constituents and said she remains "incredibly open" to a continued role in federal politics.
"I think I still have an important voice," she said.
A statement released today by the Vancouver Granville Federal Liberal Electoral District Association thanked Wilson-Raybould for her service.
"It has been a pleasure to work with her and be guided by her strong values and commitment to Canada," it reads.
"We are proud of all we have accomplished over the past four years. We want to reiterate our support for the values of the Liberal Party of Canada."
The statement said the elected board of directors is staying in place for the time being and that, in coming days, it will be talking to the Liberal Party of Canada's B.C. wing and supporters "to discuss our path forward."
Wilson-Raybould had been nominated as the Liberal candidate for the election, but Trudeau said she would not be permitted to run under the party's banner.
Today, SNC-Lavalin made another legal bid to win a DPA to avoid criminal prosecution on bribery charges, filing an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that denied them a judicial review of the public prosecutor's decision.
Asked if the federal government would now offer the company a DPA, Trudeau insisted that the decision remains in the hands of the attorney general.
"The attorney general, as we've heard many times over the past weeks, has the responsibility to make the determination on whether and how to intervene in matters before the courts, and will exercise that in a way that is rigorous and keeping in the rule of law," he said during an event in Toronto to announce new funding for community housing.
Trudeau also was asked if he had any regrets about his handling of this protracted political saga, which has haunted his government for two months.
"The fundamental issue of a disagreement between the former attorney general and myself and my office was something that we accept existed. We tried very hard to make sure we were moving forward in the right way," he said.
"Unfortunately, there was an erosion and a breakdown in trust that proved we were unable to move forward together."
Read more and listen to the full interview with the CBC's Stephen Quinn.
In an interview with CBC Radio Vancouver's The Early Edition, Wilson-Raybould denied reports that she demanded that her successor, David Lametti, be directed not to override an independent prosecutor's decision to make SNC-Lavalin face a criminal trial.
The Vancouver Granville MP insisted she has always been clear on the independent role and authority of the attorney general, and flatly denied trying to bind Lametti on her decision not to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin prosecution.
"I would absolutely never do that," she told host Stephen Quinn.
Sources have told CBC News that Wilson-Raybould made at least five demands in order to resolve the bitter SNC-Lavalin dispute, including that three top government officials be fired. Sources also said she wanted a formal apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and his assurance that his new attorney general would not overturn her decision not to offer SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
"There were a number of discussions. What I will say about those conditions that were reported, one of them was around whether or not the current attorney general would issue a DPA and I have to say unequivocally that I would never interfere with the independence of the attorney general," Wilson-Raybould said.
CBC News reached out to Wilson-Raybould Wednesday night about the list of demands, but she declined to comment.
Contradictory version of events
In an email to CBC News Thursday night, she said, "I have never and would never seek to interfere with the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the attorney general of Canada."
After Wilson-Raybould issued that statement, CBC news re-contacted the sources for this story. One said Wilson-Raybould raised the demand that the DPP's decision on SNC-Lavalin be respected directly with Trudeau during their conversations in Vancouver before she resigned from cabinet.
But, the source said, that condition was not part of the conversations in the recent days leading up to Tuesday's expulsion from caucus, as the demands Wilson-Raybould wanted met evolved and changed throughout the weeks of discussions.
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan said he was "confused" by that condition because it flies in the face of her claim that the attorney general should always be independent of political direction.
"I dont understand how you can say you should never interfere with an attorney general's decision, and yet she wanted to effectively handcuff the new attorney general," he said Thursday. "Either you believe in that principle, and I respect her for believing in it, or you don't."
Trudeau expelled Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus this week, explaining that trust had been irreparably broken with the former cabinet ministers.
Philpott told CBC Radio's The Current on Thursday the controversy that has dogged the government for months could have been contained much earlier with an apology from the prime minister for alleged political interference in a criminal trial — and a promise that it wouldn't happen again.
Apology would have 'gone a long way'
Wilson-Raybould echoed that today, saying an apology to Canadians would have gone a long way.
"I had hoped all along that the prime minister would have accepted some responsibility for wrongdoing in the case and essentially apologize to Canadians," she told The Early Edition.
In the interview, Wilson-Raybould said she had no regrets about anything she had done, including the secret taping of a Dec. 19 conversation she had with Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick.
She also acknowledged that her actions have caused damage to the Liberal Party and how that could have helped lead to a Conservative government being elected in the fall, which may not be good for advancing Indigenous rights.
"I think that is a worry. I think that we need to have an approach to resolving and recognizing Indigenous rights that can't be confined to one political party, can't be confined to the government party, the Conservative Party, the NDP and other parties," she said.
Wilson-Raybould said she still shares the Liberal values of equality and inclusion in policy-making. She's now reflecting on her political future and will speak with family, volunteers and constituents and said she remains "incredibly open" to a continued role in federal politics.
"I think I still have an important voice," she said.
Riding association offers thanks
A statement released today by the Vancouver Granville Federal Liberal Electoral District Association thanked Wilson-Raybould for her service.
"It has been a pleasure to work with her and be guided by her strong values and commitment to Canada," it reads.
"We are proud of all we have accomplished over the past four years. We want to reiterate our support for the values of the Liberal Party of Canada."
The statement said the elected board of directors is staying in place for the time being and that, in coming days, it will be talking to the Liberal Party of Canada's B.C. wing and supporters "to discuss our path forward."
Wilson-Raybould had been nominated as the Liberal candidate for the election, but Trudeau said she would not be permitted to run under the party's banner.
Today, SNC-Lavalin made another legal bid to win a DPA to avoid criminal prosecution on bribery charges, filing an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that denied them a judicial review of the public prosecutor's decision.
Asked if the federal government would now offer the company a DPA, Trudeau insisted that the decision remains in the hands of the attorney general.
"The attorney general, as we've heard many times over the past weeks, has the responsibility to make the determination on whether and how to intervene in matters before the courts, and will exercise that in a way that is rigorous and keeping in the rule of law," he said during an event in Toronto to announce new funding for community housing.
Trudeau also was asked if he had any regrets about his handling of this protracted political saga, which has haunted his government for two months.
"The fundamental issue of a disagreement between the former attorney general and myself and my office was something that we accept existed. We tried very hard to make sure we were moving forward in the right way," he said.
"Unfortunately, there was an erosion and a breakdown in trust that proved we were unable to move forward together."
Read more and listen to the full interview with the CBC's Stephen Quinn.
With files from the CBC's David Cochrane
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