corruption
#LavScam lesson
I teach crisis communications to lawyers-to-be at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law, my alma mater. My students, as always, are terrific. And, for the whole term, we’ve been…
Five things about Scheer’s #LavScam press conference today
1. He looked and sounded Prime Ministerial. Moreover, most Canadians want Trudeau gone; the election is therefore now a referendum on whether Andrew Scheer is up to the job. Moments…
Your #LavScam weekly roundup (and this is just a sample of a few papers, folks)
Rosie DiManno, Toronto Star: “THE LIBERALS HAVE ABANDONED THEIR MORAL PRINCIPLES…and it’s Justin Trudeau’s fault…It is dismaying to me, a political agnostic, that thuggery is now attached to the federal…
My latest in the Sun: the Trudeau cult
Dear Liberals: This is an open letter to all of you. I want to start it by telling you why I became a lawyer. It was a movie, called The…
The fake feminist, exposed
…and this is just the start, you phony SOB. Dozens of young women here for Daughters of the Vote turn their backs as Trudeau speaks -in solidarity with Ms Wilson-Raybould…
Justin Trudeau: feminist, indigenous champion and ethical paragon
Not. He’s a liar. And the government he leads are idiots. They’ve made her into a national martyr, they’ve made her even more compelling, and they’ve ensured the story will…
#LavScam latest: tale of the tape – was PMO taping JWR?
From Butts’ notes. This does nothing but confirm every damn word JWR has said. (And – PS – how does Butts have verbatim quotes? Did they tape her?)
Justice and Justin
There was a moment, during Justin Trudeau’s saturnalian March 7 LavScam press conference, where the Prime Minister waxed poetic. He grew misty-eyed. He looked up from his notes. He sounded…
Bar Associations: Justin Trudeau’s office “demeaned” the judicial process – and acted in a manner that was “false, improper and appalling”
Justin Trudeau’s PMO has made history: so intent were they on smearing Jody Wilson-Raybould, the Liberal leader and his apparatchiks violated the confidentiality of the judicial appointment process – and…
#LavScam latest: did PMO have direct contact with prosecutors in the SNC-Lavalin trial?
That’s what the Globe and Mail is suggesting in another shocker this morning. I have wondered the same thing. Huge reporting by Fife and Team. And, if true, this moves…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alastair Sharp reports on the massive sums of money spent by oil barons in an attempt to undermine climate action. And Kyla Mandel…
Why the Brits Ignored How ‘Leave’ Rigged the Brexit Referendum
The Leave campaign had its thumb on the scales in the Brexit referendum. Through various devices it was a rigged outcome. Now the national crime agency is investigating some of…
#LavScam legal: what it means now that PMO has lawyered up
The Globe and Mail has reported that Justin Trudeau and senior PMO staff have now retained independent legal counsel in #LavScam. I’ve helped organizations through legal/comms crises many times. I…
Globe: Trudeau, PMO staff hire outside lawyers in case RCMP probes #LavScam
Wow. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior officials in his office have retained outside legal counsel in case of an RCMP investigation into allegations of political interference in the criminal…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Nathan Robinson discusses how the language of “meritocracy” is used to entrench structural inequality: The inequality goes so much deeper than that, though.…
Your morning #LavScam: March 14 edition
The Liberal majority on the “Justice” Committee again voted to prevent Jody Wilson-Raybould from speaking. It didn’t go over well. None of it has gone over well. •Toronto Sun Campaign…