Me Thinks Jody ....The Principled Former Justice Minister...Has Sold Out.

UPDATE:  Boy did I blow it.  I sat glued to the t.v. and watched Jody W-R give her testimony before Parliament's Justice Committee for nearly 4 hours yesterday.  She was the most believable politician I have witnessed in the nearly 60 years I have been following politics.  As long time readers know I have a belief, likely shared by many of you, that you can trust what politicians have to say right up to the time their lips start to move.  I will now have to amend that to say ...other than for the Honourable Jody Wilson Raybould, you can trust what all other politicians have to say right up to the time ...

And I am starting to lose count of the number of Canadians wishing out loud that this dear woman be our next Prime Minister.

There is one thing though I do not understand...why did Young Trudeau remove his self-imposed restriction on her ability to speak out?  He had to have known what she was going to say and that it could very well end in his resignation.  Does that indicate that he has a political death wish?  KDB

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Why So?

Hardly two weeks ago, the Globe and Mail came out and said that our when Jody Wilson Raybould was Justice Minister, had had been bullied by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Hacks and Flacks to make a legal decision in favour of one of Quebec's chronically troubled corporations.... SNC Lavelin.   Troubled, as in the doer of fraud, graft and payoffs.

In a matter of days, the same Jody W-R quit Cabinet but said zip... claiming erroneously that she was bound by solicitor-client privilege.  I will not waste time getting into this since enough has been said to disprove her assertion.

Nor am I getting into Gerald Butts surprise resignation which I saw coming ...but just not quite as fast as it did.

Rather there are a few other things I would like to rehash with you here.

First, after the Globe story broke, Trudeau clung to the solicitor-client raft as it - in his vast experience, applied to the Justice Minister but not to him.  Indeed, he was quick to say there was absolutely no interference on his or his staff's part and that if Jody W-R believed otherwise she should have come to him to let him know.  He then proceeded in countless venues to say how disappointed he was with her.

The former Justice Minister kept her own counsel throughout all the while looking like a severely wronged person.  I'd say woman but of course can no longer do that due to P.C..

And then something changed.  Jody was going to the Liberal Caucus, to Cabinet and sitting in her olde front bench seat in the House of Commons.  The Dear Woman and Justin were suddenly all smiles and best of buddies.  And Trudeau was up on his feet apologizing for all the negative comment Jody had hereto endured...most of which of course had come from this most distinguished gentleman himself.  And dear reader, surprise, surprise, Jody was now prepared to give her testimony to the Liberal filled Commons Justice Committee.  This meeting is expected to take place as early as tomorrow.

Smell fishy to you?  I have been involved with Politics for many years and it certainly does to me.

Just wait until the dust settles on this and we'll find out what incentives are involved here.

The last issue I want to apply some light to includes the defence of Trudeau et al by the Clerk of the Privy Council...Michael Wernick this past Thursday.  This non-partisan functionary gave the political speech of this whole sorry affair.  Chastising Jody W-R all the while confirming that yes she had been pressured to let Lavinlin off the hook.  Indeed he proudly proclaimed to be one of the lead harassers.

But dear reader ...it was all in a good cause.  He and others applied undue pressure on the Justice Minister in order to protect the 9,000 jobs at Lavelin that were at risk should the noble company go under.  The fact that another company would have picked up the slack and preserved those supposed in jeopardy never came out.  Nor did the fact that due to misguided Liberal Government policies over 100,000 jobs to date have actually been lost in the Western Oil Fields. 

So what gives?

Why would Wernick change from his standard sheep clothing into those of a partisan wolf?

The olde saw...the best defence is an offence.

Wernick believed that his defenseless bullying of Jody W. R. would eventually get out and better he get it out before Jody or someone else did.  That is why he proudly took credit for his disgusting behaviour all the more wicked since he is supposed to be the neutral guy in the corner.   So he thrust out his chest to say ...it was all done in the noble cause of preserving jobs in Quebec.  Barf.

Knowing all along that the electoral success of his current boss is tied to the Liberals doing well in la Belle Province.

As I said, I was not surprised to see Butts go, and equally would not be surprised to see Wernick take the plank as well.

That leaves the other main player ...Young Trudeau himself.  If this continues to unfold toward October's Election, he too may be missing in action.

And don't forget we have the trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman waiting in the Wings.

As I See It...

K.D. Bell