As of today, 86.976% of Canadians over 12 years of age have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine and 81.081% have been fully vaccinated. That's a remarkable achievement. Seriously. Apparently when we get to 110% first dose and 105% fully dosed, the pandemic will be over.
Good time to recall Trudeau & Co. also denied key information re SNC-Lavalin scandal to the Ethics Commissioner as well. (thread): Wilson-Raybould says Trudeau should let RCMP probe possible obstruction of justice in SNC-Lavalin affair - theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…#cdnpoli
From the ethics commissioner report that concluded Trudeau had broken the federal Conflict of Interest Act:
'During this examination, nine witnesses informed our Office that they had information they believed to be relevant, but that could not be disclosed ...
'because, according to them, this information would reveal a confidence of the Queen's Privy Council and would fall outside the scope of Order in Council 2019-0105.'
Section 1 says: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
Section 33, the NWC clause says (see thread)
33. (1) Parliament or the legislature of a province may expressly declare in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature, as the case may be, that the Act or a provision thereof shall operate notwithstanding a provision included in section 2 or sections 7 to 15 of this Charter.
(2) An Act or a provision of an Act in respect of which a declaration made under this section is in effect shall have such operation as it would have but for the provision of this Charter referred to in the declaration.
Guess whose book "Indian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power" comes out next week? @Puglaas: 'In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie.’ Jody Wilson-Raybould recalls a tension-filled meeting with Justin Trudeau. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…#cdnpoli
Excerpt: "I knew what (Trudeau) was really asking ... In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie, to attest that what had occurred had not occurred" to "lie to protect a gov't acting badly; a political party: a leader who was not taking responsibility. He must be delusional"
"He told me I had not experienced what I said I did. He used the line that would later become public, that I had 'experienced things differently.'”
Sound familiar? Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyer: "It is clear from documents disclosed today that decision-makers were more concerned about the political optics of (Fortin's) situation than about ensuring a fair process free of political interference." cbc.ca/news/politics/…
"In his notes, Lt.-Gen Wayne Eyre refers to the clerk of the Privy Council as having spoken to Health Minister Patty Hajdu 4 times & "Min H insulating/protect herself." Another note says "Min H … reaction - protect herself" and that she "doesn't want to create a narrative."
Hajdu's office said the minister never spoke directly to Eyre, but didn't deny meeting with the Privy Council clerk. When asked what "narrative" she didn't want to create, her office said she wanted to be transparent about why Fortin was leaving his role in vaccine rollout.
Liberals whining about Harper criticizing Trudeau are hilarious and, as usual, total hypocrites:
Guess they forgot: (1) Jean Chrétien says Stephen Harper 'has shamed Canada' cbc.ca/news/canada/mo… (2) Chrétien blasts Harper to open Liberal convention cbc.ca/news/canada/ch…
(4) Chretien blasts Harper's Olympic games snub:
Canada's former prime minister says the country's current leader was wrong not to attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. express.co.uk/news/world/574…