You know what I find so annoying about this SNC Lavalin shit hitting the fan? It's that it's this SNC Lavalin shit hitting the fan and not anything that actually matters, like assisted dying legislation so unhelpful that the Liberal MP who drafted the bill couldn't even bring himself to vote for it, cannabis legislation so crazed with penalties, so punishment focused, that it brings to mind Reefer Madness, justice reform that's just more Conservative wild wet dreaming come true with no reversal on Harper government Republican imports like mandatory minimums, consecutive sentences, plus now no preliminary hearings, too.
Where was the Prime Minister and his staff to press the Justice Minister on all the above, eh? Those things matter more than this SNC Lavalin shit. If ever there was a time to demote Jody Wilson-Raybould (we've all stopped pretending Veterans Affairs isn't a demotion - right?) it was after "justice reforms" that weren't. The above are the things are I voted for (when I voted NDP because I live in a safe Liberal riding).
Imagine if instead of badgering her in her capacity as Attorney General on SNC Lavalin (aka Corruption R Us) the Prime Minister and his staff had worked with her as Justice Minister to make the humane bill on assisted dying drafted by MP Rob Oliphant the law of the land, worked with her so that cannabis legalization emphasized redress and rights, worked with her to eliminate the inhumanity of mandatory minimums and consecutive sentencing, worked with her to ensure preliminary hearings were ENCOURAGED as opposed to abolished.
How about enshrining in law protection for female citizens from state interference in reproductive choice so that we don't have to live with the ongoing threat of our male dominated legislatures taking it away?
I don't know about you, but I expected so much more from this government, a lot more humanity, and it let me down. This SNC Lavalin shit hitting the fan? Well it wouldn't happen under a Conservative government, that's for sure, because Conservatives are all on the same page when it comes to corporate over public rights. And now, given their determination to see us all go out in a blaze of glory (because climate change is real and it's man-made and not doing anything to mitigate its effects is wrong and bad and stupid) they represent an existential threat to anyone who cares about life on earth.
Finally, where was ANYBODY to tell the Prime Minister and his staff that the only move stupider than demoting Jody Wilson-Raybould (did they not know her at all?) for standing her ground on this SNC Lavalin shit, was the about face on electoral reform two minutes after winning a majority government. And that was some stupid that was.
Oh my word I'm tired of politicians.
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