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‏ @DavidRayAmos
Methinks Katie Telford and her boss should understand why I am Tweeting about the obvious malice of the RCMP shill "Harvey York" while updating my blogs with words that went "Poof" N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/07/trudeau-says-he-pushed-back-on-we.html

#nbpoli #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-testimony-finance-committee-we-charity-scheer-1.5668889

‏ @DavidRayAmos
Methinks everybody should have welcomed Katie Telford to the circus today N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2020/07/trudeau-says-he-pushed-back-on-we.html

#nbpoli #cdnpoli

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-testimony-finance-committee-we-charity-scheer-1.5668889

Trudeau says he 'pushed back' on WE contract due to family ties — but didn't recuse himself

Trudeau says he withdrew the grant proposal from a May 8 cabinet meeting to give civil servants more time

Peter Zimonjic, Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jul 30, 2020 1:50 PM ET

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his chief of staff, Katie Telford, are questioned by MPs on the Commons finance committee over the decision to give WE Charity a contribution agreement for a $900-million student grant program. 0:00

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a House of Commons committee today that, despite his family's ties with WE Charity, he did not place himself in a conflict of interest through his involvement in cabinet discussions on getting the charity to run a $900 million student grant program — but he apologized again for failing to recuse himself from those discussions.

"I was not in a position of conflict of interest. I apologized because of the perception [over] ties with my family. I should have recused myself," Trudeau said in French.

Trudeau said that, when his government was working on the grant program, events related to the pandemic were moving fast and his government was sprinting to get programs out the door. He said that haste was part of the reason why he failed to recuse himself from cabinet discussions regarding WE Charity.

"That is certainly part of the context but I don't think it is the whole reason why I didn't recuse myself," Trudeau said. "Youth issues have been something that I have been deeply involved with all my career, and I care deeply about the idea of youth service."

Trudeau also claimed he slowed down the approval process for the grant program, pulling it from the May 8 cabinet meeting to give the public service more time to review it.

"I did not influence the public service to choose this organization. Indeed, when the public service came forward with this organization, I said, 'You know what? Let's put the brakes on that. Let's make sure it's done absolutely right because there are going to be questions of the connections with my family on this,'" he said.

"Yes, in hindsight I should have recused myself and perhaps the program would be delivering for students right across the country right now."

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Trudeau testifies at committee hearing into WE Charity contract

Trudeau has some questions to answer today: here are 3 of them

On May 21, he said, public servants said they had done their due diligence and were confident in recommending WE Charity as the administrator.

"This proposal mattered to me and, instead of encouraging it along, as some people say, because it was somehow connected to my family, I actually slowed it down, pushed back on it, to try and make sure that everything was done exactly right," he said. "Because I knew there would be questions asked because of the links to the family.

"But in no way was this benefiting my mother or my brother, to be creating a grant program for students to volunteer in their communities right across the country."

Watch: Trudeau says he only learned of WE proposal on May 8:

In his opening statement Prime Minister JustinTrudeau said he had expected the Canada Service Corps would deliver the Canada Student Service Grant, and first learned on May 8 that WE Charity was being proposed to deliver the program. 3:25

Trudeau also said he does not know the details of his family members' private business interests or how much money they might have received in expenses from WE Charity.

"My mother and my brother are professionals in their own right who have engagements and have for many, many years, with many different organizations across the country, and I don't have the details of their work experiences or expenses," Trudeau said.

Under questioning by Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, Trudeau said that his wife Sophie works for free as a mental health advocate and that the expenses she's collected from WE Charity for her volunteer work have been cleared by the ethics commissioner's office.

"This was unpaid work my wife was doing for a cause that she believes in deeply, talking about de-stigmatization of mental health, empowerment of young people," he said.

Watch: Poilievre presses PM on family's payments from WE:

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre pushes the prime minister on how much money has been paid by WE Charity to Margaret Trudeau, then assumes chairing the committee when Liberal MP Wayne Easter's power goes out — and presses the PM again. 3:26

"We got approval from the ethics commissioner that she could volunteer with this organization and have expenses related to the volunteerism reimbursed."

Poilievre pressed Trudeau for details of the financial relationship his family had with WE Charity.

The prime minister said that, according to the Conflict of Interest Act, family members are defined solely as spouses and dependants.

It was WE Charity or nothing: Trudeau

Trudeau also said that he never spoke with his staff about WE Charity or the the possibility of getting it to run the student grant program until May 8. He said he never spoke with WE co-founders Marc or Craig Kielburger about the program.

"Until that date, I had not spoken at all to my staff about WE Charity in relation to the [Canada Student Service Grant]. In fact, as of May 8, it was my belief that a supercharged version of the Canada Service Corps would deliver the program. From my perspective, WE Charity hadn't come up," Trudeau said.

"In fact, they said if we wanted this program to happen, it could only be with WE Charity," Trudeau added. "The choice was not between providers. It was between going ahead with WE Charity to deliver the program or not going ahead with the program at all."

Trudeau said he asked why the public service tapped WE Charity to run the program.

"We were told that the Canada Service Corps would not be able to scale up to deliver the program in time," he said. "This was disappointing but ultimately not surprising to me, given my understanding of the state of the Canada Service Corps' development and other demands facing the public service at the time."

Next steps

Trudeau was asked if he now feels WE Charity was capable of running a program as large as the Canada Student Service Grant program.

"We will never know because they pulled out of being able to deliver the program, partially because I hadn't recused myself and created complications here," he said. "And that's something that I deeply regret."

Trudeau said cabinet is now considering alternatives to reward student volunteers who work in their communities.

"As we continue to look for ways to deliver the Canada Student Service Grant, I know the Canada Service Corps, which is internal to government, is something we're looking at very carefully," he said.

Trudeau's appearance before committee may not shed new light on WE controversy, experts say

CBC Investigates
WE employees say they were told to attend 2018 holiday party in Bill Morneau's riding

Trudeau took questions from the House of Commons finance committee for an hour and a half this afternoon. The committee of MPs is digging into why the government picked WE Charity to run the grant program and why the PM did not recuse himself from related cabinet talks, given that his family members had been paid by the organization.

Opposition MPs pushed to have him remain in the hot seat for three hours but he only extended his time at committee by another 30 minutes.

After Trudeau's appearance, his chief of staff, Katie Telford, took the chair and is now answering questions about her role in the now defunct deal with WE Charity.

Telford repeated Trudeau's assertion that the public service advised the government it had a choice between going forward with a program run by WE Charity or not going ahead with a program at all.

"Over the past three weeks, I have thought a lot about this program. I thought about what we could do better and how we could apply lessons going forward," she said.

"In hindsight, I recognize that while we did ask many questions to make this program a success, we could have done better. We could have done more. We could have added yet another layer to avoid any potential perception of favouritism."

Watch: Andrew Scheer describes line of questioning for Trudeau's appearance

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Scheer, in Regina, spoke with reporters about the questions he wants to hear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answer today before a Commons finance committee hearing on the WE Charity scandal. 0:52

Earlier today, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer laid out the key questions his team was planning to put to Trudeau.

Scheer said he hoped the prime minister would deliver clear, straightforward answers but predicted Trudeau will try to run out the clock with rehearsed replies.

"Liberals on that committee, whether it's the members or the chair of the committee, will they use their opportunities today to protect the prime minister, or will they allow Canadians to get the answers that they deserve?" he asked.

WE Charity has been under public scrutiny since the controversy erupted, with news headlines about board member resignations, allegations of staff mistreatment and mass layoffs due to the financial squeeze caused by the pandemic.

"If he knew about some of these things and he allowed it to proceed, then he will be admitting that he played a role in this corruption. And if he didn't know, that means that nobody did due diligence on a $900 million program," Scheer said.

New Brunswick Liberal MP Wayne Long, who has broken party ranks in past, issued a public letter Wednesday saying he is "deeply disappointed" by the government's decision-making process and its failure to recognize a potential conflict of interest.

He said that failure has undermined the good work the government has done to help Canadians through the pandemic and urged ministers to be "fully transparent" regarding the decision-making process.

"To me, it is clear that changes must be made within both the Prime Minister's Office and throughout our government in order to ensure that we prevent such a systemic failure from occurring again," he said.

Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford is testifying before the finance committee this afternoon.

She was slated initially to appear for one hour, but the itinerary was amended this afternoon to extend her time before the committee to two hours.

How to watch today's hearings

Watch CBC News special coverage with host Rosemary Barton on CBC Television, CBC News Network and CBC Gem, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. ET.
Follow our live blog of Trudeau's testimony, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Watch the committee hearings live in the CBC News app, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter starting at 3 p.m. ET.
CBC News Network's Power & Politics and host Vassy Kapelos will have analysis of the hearings, 6:30 to 8 p.m. ET, on CBC News Network and CBC Gem.
For more news and analysis, listen to World at 6 on CBC Radio One at 6 p.m. or on the CBC Listen app.
And for a full wrap on the day, watch The National at 10 p.m. on CBC Television, 9 p.m. ET on CBC News Network.

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7225 Comments Was the tally before I refreshed the page today expecting the comment section to close However CBC had done a lot of deleting and days later the tally is what it once was even after the bastards deleted even more

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David Amos
Methinks everybody should have welcomed Katie Telford to the circus today N'esy Pas?

David Amos

Reply to @Robert William: Nope

Robert William

Reply to @David Amos: figured, you would say that.

Ian Douglas

JT is the best argument to date for retroactive birth control.

David Amos

Reply to @Ian Douglas: Why do your posts stand the test of time?

David Amos
Methinks its truly amazing how many folks come and go long after quitting time in order to offer their two bits worth about the spin on both of the circuses published yesterday N'esy Pas?

jim Murray
Reply to @David Amos:
so why are you here, to tell us how much above it all you are with your insiders knowledge, seemingly unavailable to all but the exceptional few, with the same sources where alien DNA in vaccines?

David Amos

Reply to @jim Murray: Anyone can check my work It has been all over the Internet since 2002

Harvey York

Reply to @David Amos: You call cutting and pasting twitter and cbc excerpts onto a blog "work"? You call hundreds of emails where you never get replies "work"? You call boasting about all the times you ran for office or sued someone but was never successful at either "work"? Well if any of the above qualifies as work, then I guess I should consider a career change. How much does it pay I wonder.......

David Amos

Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks you understand why I am Tweeting about your obvious malice while updating my blogs with all the words that went "Poof' N'esy Pas?

Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: nothing malicious about it. Everything I said was true, Nesy past??

David Amos

Reply to @Harvey York: Starting with your name Correct???

Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: absolutely

David Amos

Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks you speak like a true blue RCMP shill N'esy Pas?

Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos:

Raymond Machon
Once - a mistake / twice - little excuse / three times - and your're out Prime Minister. Poliviere hit the nail on the head
Where do Canadians draw the line?
It seems to me that by Trudeau's actions he feels above reproach even when questions of 'conflict of interest' are involved.
Trudeau expects Canadians to forgive and forget.
For me I have reached the saturation point where my trust of Trudeau solely by his own actions I equate to a salesman trying to sell Canadians a ' GREAT DEAL' regarding waterfront property that is below the water surface at high tide.

David Amos

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Reply to @Raymond Machon: "Trudeau expects Canadians to forgive and forget."

Methinks that is because its true Just ask the brown paper bagman Mulroney or all the lawyers who made the big score arguing about his BS in the Oliphant Inquiry.

In all sincerity I believe Trudeau and his Chief of Staff saved us a lot of precious time and money by coming forward and talking to the committee Now folks can vote accordingly whenever the writ is dropped again N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news2/canada/politicalbytes/2009/04/the-oliphant-inquiry-following-along-at-home.html

The Oliphant inquiry: following along at home
April 15, 2009 2:05 PM

"For those of you watching at home, there really is an exceedingly large pile of documents here at the judicial inquiry into the business dealings between former prime minister Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber.

As well as documents that have been tabled in relation to other witnesses, Schreiber's testimony comes with seven full binders. Three of them are those extra large binders, filled with hundreds of pages."

david hamilton
Reply to @David Amos:
Yup Mulroney was a cr .. oo..k but so is Trudeau

David Amos
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Reply to @david hamilton: Methinks the proof went poof pretty fast N'esy Pas?

Frosty First
Showing the world the convuluted charity, business, etc; that We is, is one good thing that has come out of this.

David Amos

Reply to @Frosty First: YUP

jim Murray
Reply to @Frosty First:
yes, the charity in question apparently has it's front people, plying and fooling many conservatives and their families to be involved in their global events and works, the horror..

Catherine Ridley
Reply to @jim Murray: Yes, the so-called charity that is deeply involved in real estate; that demands it's employees sign NDAs; that fired it's entire board; that was on the brink of financial disaster and had outstanding unpaid loans. Yeah, that charity. Sheesh.

malcolm underhill
never in my 85 years have I witnessed a more disgusting untruthful politician than this clown, He wouldn't know truth if it landed on his empty head. We need an election as quickly as possible to remove the stench from Parliament Hill

David Amos

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Reply to @malcolm underhill: Methinks you should ask your hero Harper where have you been for the past 85 years that you never heard of the doings of dudes such as Trudeau The Elder or his fellow lawyer pals from Quebec such as Mulroney and Chretien N'esy Pas?

jim Murray
Reply to @malcolm underhill:
dog years?

david kirby

Reply to @David Amos:
Oh of course Harper --yet again ? Is that the best you have?

David Amos

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Reply to @david kirby: Methinks you forgot my lawsuit and the fact that Trudeau et al defended Harper's actions N'esy Pas?

David Amos
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Reply to @david kirby: What are you talking about???

Catherine Ridley
Reply to @david kirby: It is the normal fall-back position for liberal flunkies who like their dear leader are ethically, morally and intellectually challenged. Poor dears.

Tony Masters
This WE scheme will be used as a Case Study in the failure of governance for many years.

David Amos

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Reply to @Tony Masters: Methinks legions of members of the RCMP and countless citizens they purportedly serve won't quickly forget Mike Duffy making out like a bandit after Harper's secretive PMO was decimated N'esy Pas?

jim Murray
Reply to @Tony Masters:
cons pretending ethics with their long list of charged fined , jailed or fled the country record, pals, now jockeying do the best "Trey Dowdy" acts they can pull off.
toss up between Andy the Intern and Pierre "Skippy" Puotine, with picto' Pete, MIA..

david kirby

Reply to @David Amos:
Of course Harper and Mike Duffy. That excuses the current clown then?

Dave Cheryl Rowe

Reply to @david kirby: Mind you, Duffy was exonerated. Trudeau is convicted on 3 charges with pending ethics counts.

jim Murray

Reply to @Dave Cheryl Rowe:
speaking of Drama.

David Amos

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Reply to @david kirby:Methinks you should scroll down and review statement 83 of my lawsuit that I filed and began arguing while Harper was the Prime Minister N'esy Pas?

https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2015/09/v-behaviorurldefaultvmlo.html

David Amos

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Reply to @David Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise

David Amos

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Reply to @jim Murray: "speaking of Drama.."

Google

Federal Court T-1557-15

Tony Masters
Reply to @David Amos: the Duffy, Wright, Harper scandal pales in comparison to the scope of this WE scheme. With WE there was potentially $950M taxpayer funds on the line.

David Amos

Reply to @Tony Masters: Go figure

David Amos
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Methinks Wayne Easter and everybody else knows why I loved watching the circus. That said I bet Trudeau et al must be truly very tired of this clown by now N'esy Pas?

"New Brunswick Liberal MP Wayne Long, who has broken party ranks in past, issued a public letter Wednesday saying he is "deeply disappointed" by the government's decision-making process and its failure to recognize a potential conflict of interest."

Too Too Funny Indeed

David Amos

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Methinks the spit and chew about the "fireside chats" Andy Baby Lawton had with his buddies Erin O'Toole and Derek Sloan while MacKay and Lewis wisely took a wide berth of the nonsense using questionable reasons will go on and on and as long as this comment section about Trudeau's parle about WE remains open N'esy Pas?

David Amos
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Methinks its truly amazing how many people who hold so many powerful positions can play so dumb then look their friends in the eye and then sleep with a clear conscience N'esy Pas?

Thomas Klimchuk
The similarities between the WE organization and that picture of JO JO and the rabbit are quit striking

David Amos

Reply to @Thomas Klimchuk: Say it ain't so

Joe Wilhelm
See National Post coverage for facts on WE and Trudeau.

David Amos

Reply to @Joe Wilhelm: Who cares about the National Post and its conservative spin of the facts. Trudeau's beloved "Peoplekind' should be able to think for themselves.

Methinks its truly amazing what most folks failed to see right here while the circus was transmitted LIV.E. I loved how the show went on even through a Maritime thunderstorm much to the chagrin of Easter and his boss Now that was truly funny N'esy Pas?

Lawrence Vickers
Liberal Government failure by the whole Party! Justin and Bill must resign immediately. Put Jody and Jane in charge!

David Amos

Reply to @Lawrence Vickers: Surely you jest

Larry Porter

Reply to @David Amos: Better than the oopsy twins that are in their now!! Nez Paw!!

Lawrence Vickers

43.5 Million to WE if this program went through but they say they would not have made any money it was costs only. Everyone knows this is not true. How many students could you send to school for free for 43.5 million!!!!

David Amos

Reply to @Lawrence Vickers: Heres hoping enough folks finally notice the obvious

Christopher Kay

How credible this man is a big question ? He has to pick up and just leave. This is a lost case.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Christopher Kay: He was a lost case from the beginning.

David Amos

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Reply to @Karl H Blatt: YUP

Jack Bear

Trudeau is done and the liberal party knows it.

Bill Ryerson

Reply to @Jack Bear:
Hope so but his groupies give all his violations and scandals a pass.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Jack Bear: Naw that part is deaf and blind.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Bill Ryerson: And especially the cbc.

David Amos

Reply to @Karl H Blatt: YUP

Rambo Syal

It was nice when Liberal MP Wayne Easter's power went out for short period of time. It would have been nice if he couldn't come back.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Rambo Syal: Wishful thinking. He supports the cbc

David Amos

Reply to @Rambo Syal: Methinks many Maritimers would agree that he is one of the more entertaining clowns in this circus N'esy Pas?

David Amos

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Reply to @Karl H Blatt: YUP

Rambo Syal
According to LPC supporters, no money was exchanged then no crime was done. I guess they were waiting for the crime to happen.

Bill Ryerson

Reply to @Rambo Syal:

What is disturbing is they are ok with it.

Bill Ryerson
Major corporations have cut ties with WE. Just the Trudeau and Morneau families are still on board.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Bill Ryerson: The cbc supports these guys. Cant't bite than that feeds you.

Len Dayton
Trudeau a leader? Of what, fools?

Bill Ryerson

Reply to @Len Dayton:
Seems so, the Libs give him a pass again and again.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Bill Ryerson: Yep and all supported by the CBC.

David Amos

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Reply to @Karl H Blatt: YUP

Michael Trebych
Trudeau: 3 ethics violations.
CPC: 3 electoral laws broken.

The only thing worse than Liberal virtue signalling is Conservative sanctimony. Gives me the dry heaves.....

david hamilton

Reply to @Michael Trebych:
Trudeau - 3 ethics convictions.
CPC - no convictions, no charges

Michael Trebych

Reply to @david hamilton: First of all, he has been formally found in violation. Secondly, and more importantly, way to miss my point. Just like Trumpers--deny and twist history and reality. That's the only way you people seem to know how to exist. Sad!

Bill Ryerson

Reply to @Michael Trebych:
Seems your opinion is not in the majority just like this government which Trudeau tries to bypass. Tell your boy to get to work and think of Canadians first.

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Bill Ryerson: Yeah well Bill the CBC is not entirely allow real opinions on this subject. It appears very one sided. Sad really.

David Amos

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Reply to @Karl H Blatt: YUP

Rod Spencer
So, was the push back similar to the Japanese train attendants pushing to close the doors or something less?

David Amos

Reply to @Rod Spencer: Methinks the Trudeau Clan think less is more except when it comes to getting paid for yapping N'esy Pas?

Lavern Hamm
Trudeau pushed back but did not recuse himself? He is far to stoopid to be Prime Minister.

David Amos

Reply to @Lavern Hamm: WE elected him

Lavern Hamm

Reply to @David Amos: It would not surprise me.

Michael Athol
The guy needs to cut his hair and re-dye it. Looking scruffy.

Jay Murphy

Reply to @Michael Athol: you must be a liberal voter....

David Amos

Reply to @Jay Murphy: I concur

Larry Porter

Reply to @Michael Athol: It's the Cas tro eyebrows that get me!!

Steve A Wilson
People that donate $25-100 to charities don't expect them to use the money to hand rich people 400K for speaking engagements or 40K for lavish vacations.

Jay Murphy

Reply to @Steve A Wilson: that's because they aren't paying attention....

Karl H Blatt

Reply to @Steve A Wilson: Yes and yet we taxpayer hand 1.16 billion tax money to the CBC. Go figure.

David Amos

Reply to @Karl H Blatt: Methinks you should check my work N'esy Pas?

Robert William
Have you had enough of this circus yet?

David Amos

Reply to @Robert William: Nope

Robert William

Reply to @David Amos: figured, you would say that.

Ian Douglas

JT is the best argument to date for retroactive birth control.

David Amos

Reply to @Ian Douglas: Why do your posts stand the test of time?

Lavern Hamm
Looks like Trudeau’s “mistake” may have killed WE. Some mistake, and this time his apology is not working. He is only apologizing because he was caught.

david hamilton

Reply to @Lavern Hamm:
Sounds to me like WE and their 13 other business names deserved an early demise.

David Amos

Reply to @Lavern Hamm: True

David Amos

Reply to @david hamilton: YUP

Brian Allen
I’ll push-back.
But I’m certainly not going to recuse.

David Amos

Reply to @Brian Allen: Yea Right

Brian Allen
Justin isn’t much of a push-backer is he?

David Amos

Reply to @Brian Allen: Are you?

Kat Jo

Reply to @Brian Allen: I'd say that was a pretty wimpy push-back.

Brian Allen

Reply to @Kat Jo:
Justin...is wimpy.

david hamilton
WE Charity Foundation started spending expense money May 3rd. Trudeau didn't know they had the contract til' May 8th.

Something stinks and it ain't in Denmark

John Lema

Reply to @david hamilton: In Antarctica ?

David Amos

Reply to @John Lema: Methinks where you are is your clue N'esy Pas?

david hamilton

Reply to @John Lema:
Literary reference too hard ?

David Amos
Methinks everybody should have welcomed Katie Telford to the circus today N'esy Pas?

David Amos

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Methinks its truly amazing how many people who hold so many powerful positions can play so dumb then look their friends in the eye and then sleep with a clear conscience N'esy Pas?

Tim Wolfe
Is Ms Telford a liberal employee or a public sector employee?

David Amos

Reply to @Tim Wolfe: Liberal

Tim Wolfe

Reply to @David Amos:
Thank you and I will dig deeper into that but that is what I thought!

david hamilton

Reply to @Tim Wolfe:
I thought she was a WE employee .... or maybe a WE TO ME employee ... or perhaps a WE CHARITY FOUNDATION employee or perhaps an employee of one of the other 11 iterations of that shady group

Tim Wolfe

Reply to @david hamilton:
Yes and was deleted for asking that simple question??? Hard too understand some days when you as a question?

Aaron Lane
Reply to @Tim Wolfe:
She is employed by the government, not the Liberal Party. As a PMO political staffer, she is paid a salary from public funds and has all the same medical benefits, pension, etc. as a public servant. She is a designated public office holder, so she is subject to the Conflict of Interest Act, Lobbying Act, etc.

david hamilton
The Liberal defence of "some other guy was really bad so it's ok if our guy is bad"
Really, really sad.

Tim Wolfe

Reply to @david hamilton:
That is the most clarity they have brought to the table and how sad is that?

David Amos

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Reply to @david hamilton: Methinks thats how Trump got elected without his political party supporting him N'esy Pas?

david hamilton
Trump - Alt-Right
Trudeau - Alt-Left

Can't we find an intelligent, reasonable PM with adult judgement skills
somewhere in the middle ?

David Amos

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Reply to @david hamilton: Methinks the "Powers That Be" within the various political parties apparently would never allow such a person to step up to the plate N'esy Pas?

david hamilton

Reply to @David Amos:
It's the cult of personality that pervades our society. Peoplekind that read PEOPLE Magazine or watch The Bachelor should not be allowed to vote

Paul Burton

Reply to @david hamilton: NICE SHOT!!!

Len Boufford

Reply to @david hamilton:
Along with HuffPost people.

Tim Wolfe

Sing it Gangsters

All I want for Christmas is a new ethical PM

and a bit of snow for the grand kids sleigh!

Muhammad Smith

Reply to @Tim Wolfe: lol

David Amos

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Reply to @Tim Wolfe: Google David Amos wiretap

Now ask yourself who has been singing about gangsters lately

Tim Wolfe

My oh MY been gone all day long and the Liberal deniers are still here denying Trudeau did nothing wrong even though he apologized for being wrong???

David Amos

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Reply to @Tim Wolfe: Notice how long it has been since quitting time??

Chris Maurier

Reply to @Tim Wolfe: Ya Maybe PP. should try and get the RCMP. involved or maybe the CIA...lol.

david hamilton

Reply to @ Chris Maurier:
Better yet CRA

Catherine Ridley

Reply to @Tim Wolfe: Truly, Tim. He tells us that he knew there could be problems regarding his families close ties with the K brothers but for some unknown reason didn't.........but he should have, he added. You just can't make this stuff up.

David Amos

Reply to @ Chris Maurier: Methinks the RCMP already know everything N'esy Pas?

david hamilton

This does not add up. Trudeau says he knew nothing about this until May 8th Yet WE Charity Foundation had approval on May 3rd to start expensing toward this $900,000,000 program.
Somebody is not being truthful.

Tim Wolfe

Reply to @david hamilton:
Liberal Gobbley goop as it is all they know!

David Amos

Reply to @david hamilton: BINGO

Dave Smith

Reply to @david hamilton: hmmm who do you think that could possibly be?? Maybe the guy who can not ever answer a question

Paul Burton

Good Lord - that bottom picture looks like he just got out of bed - had a bad night did he? LOL!!!

David Amos

Reply to @Paul Burton: So???

Dave Cheryl Rowe

Reply to @Paul Burton: Well he is going to take a couple of weeks off now. As if the Tent of Commons circus show he has been running for the press hasn't been time away from oversight and Opposition questions.

Barry Claxton

Reply to @Paul Burton: Or 1 to many to drink or a little weed before his appearance.

Paul Burton

Reply to @Barry Claxton: Maybe a lot and both! LOL!!!

Paul Burton

Reply to @David Amos: Do you go out lookin' like an unmade bed? LOL!!!

David Amos

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Reply to @Paul Burton: Perhaps you should google me

Peter Baxter

Can you image....5 years.......scandal too numerous to count....and not one single Liberal scandal scoop by the CBC?
Looking back over the last half decade, they have only picked up on stories uncovered by others....and even then....only after they can no longer be denied

david kirby

Reply to @Peter Baxter:
That is so unfair. Rosie and Aaron spend their days digging.

jim Murray

Reply to @Peter Baxter:
perhaps you do not understand that a simple search of the CBC archives
tells a much different story .

David Amos

Reply to @jim Murray: Oh So True

Tim Wolfe

Reply to @david kirby:
NO Burying!

Kathleen Pickard

Reply to @Peter Baxter: Not a scoop after all the cash the CBC was given. Pretty sad, CBC

Dave Smith

Reply to @Peter Baxter: ya they are the epidome of fake news. And liberal activists disguised as journalists

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Reply to @Frosty First: YUP

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jim Murray
Reply to @malcolm underhill:
dog years?

david kirby

Reply to @David Amos:
Oh of course Harper --yet again ? Is that the best you have?

David Amos

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Reply to @david kirby: Methinks you forgot my lawsuit and the fact that Trudeau et al defended Harper's actions N'esy Pas?

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david kirby

Reply to @David Amos:
Of course Harper and Mike Duffy. That excuses the current clown then?

Dave Cheryl Rowe

Reply to @david kirby: Mind you, Duffy was exonerated. Trudeau is convicted on 3 charges with pending ethics counts.

jim Murray

Reply to @Dave Cheryl Rowe:
speaking of Drama.

David Amos

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David Amos

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Reply to @David Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise

David Amos

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Reply to @jim Murray: "speaking of Drama.."

Google

Federal Court T-1557-15

Reply to @Tony Masters: Go figure

Thomas MacDuff
""""Scheer said one hour is "non-sufficient" given the scope of the matter. He said he hopes the prime minister will deliver clear, straightforward answers but predicted Trudeau will try to run out the clock with rehearsed replies.""""

Of course the answers are rehearsed and no doubt he will try to beat the clock. an honest man would give straight forthright answers.

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Vince Palaca
Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: I couldn't agree more. I just happened to do a search on the Canada Student Service Grant Program and found this which is rather strange considering the reality of the current situation. This is the official government site:
https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2020/06/25/canada-student-service-grant. Aside from showing WE as the administrators for the program, you can see JT plastered all over the site as well as listing him as the team leader. You'd think after weeks of subterfuge training, the liberals would at least have the brains to correct their own website.

Floyd Robertson

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: The scope of the matter is that the Conservatives are hostile, negative and abusive, and it's playing out very badly for them in the media.

Scotty Davidson

Reply to @Floyd Robertson: ...the media Trudeau gave 600 million tax dollars too last year? Keeping people uninformed is the Liberals only hope.

David Amos

Reply to @Scotty Davidson: Methinks the same reasoning holds true for the Conservatives as well N'esy Pas?

Hubert McTavish
Reply to @Michael Dome:
She’s highlighting his pathetic gaslighting for those that don’t know. Gaslighting, not red herring. (The article has many components...I know, tough to keep up).

Bert Law

Reply to @Hubert McTavish:
Narcassist's number one go to is - Gaslighting.

Clinically accurate.

Michael Dome

Reply to @Bert Law: Liberal go to. Red Herring.

Doug Saunders

Reply to @Art Rowe: This current government needs to resign. Too much corruption, too many scandals, too many miscues, lack of oversight over the civil services. ... etc,.

Doug Saunders

Reply to @Mark Jean: this Fib did not have clear answers. Bottom line, $250,000 paid to Maggie for 28 appearances.

This government needs to resign.

Appalling.

Hubert McTavish

Reply to @Bert Law:
What?

Hubert McTavish

Reply to @Michael Dome:
Triggered?

Breath. You’ll make more sense.

Roger Grenich

Reply to @Art Rowe: scheer got more votes than Trudeau.

Michael Trebych

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: Who is Scheer?

Michael Dome

Reply to @Floyd Robertson: Red Herring.

Michael Dome

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: I laughed when Trudeau said he didn't know how much his mom was paid. The numbers have been in the headlines for over a week but Trudeau somehow had no idea.

Michael Dome

Reply to @Michael Trebych: Scheer is that guy that had more votes than Trudeau in the last election but still lost somehow.

Michael Dome

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: 'It's highly unethical': Someone paid nearly 200 people to promote positive WE Charity stories on Google.

I notice a lot less Liberal Posts the last few weeks after WE fired most of their staff. No joke.

John McLane

Reply to @Mark Jean: He decided not to become a real Canadian so will keep his American passport.

Rick Wier

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: haven't you guys gotten tired of Andy yet, he just delivered another fail

Tom Campbell

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: Scheer actually said something?

Doug Saunders

Reply to @Thomas MacDuff: we should all be grateful that at least one party is getting to the bottom of this scandal.

Thank-you for putting Canada and Canadians first

David Amos

Reply to @Tom Campbell: Methinks you should have listened and learned N'esy Pas?

Lance Campeau
Trudeau will do what he always does... side step questions and repeat the same old Liberal Party election phrase... "We are focused on the needs of Canadians and will continue to focus on the needs of Canadians because that's what they want".... Yeah Justin... we've been hearing that one for months already... try telling the truth for once.

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Mick Lang

Reply to @Lance Campeau: The saddest part of all this is that all the students and youth this program was supposed to help will spend their future paying for Mr. Trudeau's legacy for a very long time.

Dave Modenza

Reply to @Lance Campeau: yeah - he really needs to develop some new material..

David Amos

Reply to @Dave Modenza: Methinks that may be a profound understatement about a poor actor attempting to behave like an ethical wealthy Prime Minister N'esy Pas?

chari rama
Reply to @Mick Lang:
Are you as concerned about the effect climate change will have on future generations as you are about budget deficits?

Michael Dome

Reply to @chari rama: Now that is a Red Herring if I ever seen one.

Fiona Lang

Reply to @Lance Campeau: “Fighting for the Middle Class” never heard so much bs in my life!

chari rama

Reply to @Michael Dome: "Now that is a Red Herring if I ever seen one."

You seemed concerned about the conditions we are going to leave for future generations. I'm just wondering how genuine that concern is.

David Amos
Reply to @chari rama Me Too

Kasper Kane
Pierre Poilievre just did what the media in this country should be doing

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Roland Plante

Reply to @Kasper Kane: What is that exactly? Being disrespectful and an as!

Sparks McKenzie

Reply to @Kasper Kane: Well, what the CBC should be doing anyway (especially since they don't actually earn their dime).

David Amos

Reply to @Kasper Kane: Yea Right

Michael Trebych

Reply to @Kasper Kane: dry your eyes and blow your nose. Here's your CPC teddy.....

McCullough deValera

Reply to @Kasper Kane:
I had to chortle at the part where Trudeau was called "Canada's Tonald Drump". Thought that was going overboard a bit?

Fiona Lang

Reply to @Kasper Kane: Yes he never gave up. Love his tenacity!

Rick Wier

Reply to @Kasper Kane: Perry Polyester, the fellow who tried to subvert democracy with the unfair elections act, yup, he is credible, when are the cons going to dump the Harper trash and move on

Johny Ng

Reply to @Roland Plante: You feel JT deserve respect???????

Doug Saunders

Reply to @Kasper Kane: yes
He is doing an amazing job

We need to restore honesty and integrity into politics.
This current government just cannot be trusted.

David Amos
Reply to @Michael Trebych: Methinks you should take your own advice N'esy Pas?

Ryan Chambers
You get him Scheer. One ethics violator going after another, really wish I had some popcorn for this entertainment.

David Amos

Reply to @Ryan Chambers: Methinks Wayne Easter and everybody else knows why I love watching the circus today N'esy Pas?

David Amos

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Reply to @David Amos: Methinks Trudeau et al must be tired of this clown by now N'esy Pas?

"New Brunswick Liberal MP Wayne Long, who has broken party ranks in past, issued a public letter Wednesday saying he is "deeply disappointed" by the government's decision-making process and its failure to recognize a potential conflict of interest."

Too Too Funny Indeed

David Raymond Amos Round 3

Thursday, 30 July 2020