henrymakow.com — March 1, 2019

Justine Trudeau-Castro’s “diversity” platform blew up in his face after he demoted an Indian woman, Jody Wilson Raybould (right) from the position of Attorney General/Minister of Justice after she refused to give a plea deal to SNC Lavalin, one of the biggest employers in Quebec.

Amid universal calls for his resignation, Trudeau-Castro should come out fighting saying that SNC Lavalin’s crimes — standard for winning contracts in the third world –are now ancient history.

This is an example of the selective moral outrage/ virtue-signalling that is damaging the country.

by Henry Makow PhD

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a Montreal-based company that provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services in various industries including; mining and metallurgy, oil and gas, environment and water, infrastructure, nuclear and clean power. The firm has 50,000 employees worldwide with offices in over 50 countries and operations in over 160 countries. It has profits of over a billion dollars on revenues of $10 billion.

SNC Lavalin is a crown Jewel of Quebec Inc. where Trudeau-Castro has overwhelming political support, enough to win the next election scheduled for October. Its crime was paying $50 million in bribes to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011 to secure contracts. 

Apparently, this standard business practice in the third world is illegal in Canada and carries a penalty of being banned from receiving Canadian government contracts for ten years. Virtually every other country in the world allows these companies to pay a penalty and get back to business. All the people associated with the bribery have been fired. The stock is down 40%.

Trudeau-Castro pressured the then Justice Minister to give the company a plea deal citing economic consequences, especially if the company  moves its head office. But, despite enormous arm-twisting, Wilson Raybould refused to intervene citing values of truth and justice learned around the totem pole in the “Big House.”  Canadians seem to be overwhelmingly on her side and are demanding Trudeau-Castro’s resignation.

Some of the headlines suggest the moral panic sweeping the country.

The Moral Catastrophe of Justin Trudeau  (Maclean’s)

“What Jody Wilson-Raybould described today is a sickeningly smug protection racket and it should make us all question what we’re willing to tolerate.”

Scandal a Constitutional Crisis, Lawyers Say  (The Toronto Star)

Trudeau has Lost the Moral Mandate to Govern  (The Globe and Mail)

Trudeau’s Days of “Sunny Ways” are Over   (The Star)

ANALYSIS: “A strong, independent, Indigenous woman with the law on her side had spoken truth to white, male power — and had been punished for it.” (Global News)

NO WHORE LIKE AN OLD WHORE 

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