Democracy Watch calls for update on SNC-Lavalin prosecution

 In February, 2019, the SNC-Lavalin scandal erupted and upended Canadian politics—for a moment. After a six-month-long investigation, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion concluded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alone had exerted undue pressure on Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to defer criminal prosecution of the construction company SNC-Lavalin. Though Dion’s report concluded that

Trudeau – Canada’s Dorian Gray

 Photo credit: Adam Scotti (PMO) Predicting the outcome of an election is hard even a few weeks before the vote, never mind two months earlier. However, I believe that if Justin Trudeau loses the next election, it will not be because of the SNC-Lavalin scandal. Trudeau’s political future took a

Ethics Commissioner agrees with Democracy Watch in ruling that Trudeau violated federal ethics law

 Photo credit: flickr Today, Justin Trudeau became the first-ever sitting Prime Minister to be found in violation of ethics law. Political watchdog, Democracy Watch, applauds the part of the ruling that states PM Trudeau violated section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly trying to influence the Attorney General to