The mystery of Team Trudeau’s SNC-Lavalin obsession GlobeDebate
And, perhaps most shocking of all, the handful of people running the show apparently never stopped to ask: Why? Why are we working so hard to get SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement? That lack of reflection is detailed in one of the most arresting sections of Mr. Dion’s report.
Since this newspaper first broke the story back in February, Mr. Trudeau’s constant refrain has been that, whatever was done, it was in the name of looking out for Canadian workers. As he put it on Thursday, “I’m not going to apologize for standing up for Canadian jobs, because that’s my job – to make sure Canadians and communities and pensioners and families across the country are supported.”
And when Mr. Dion interviewed Finance Minister Bill Morneau, the latter said that he was one of those who in 2018 encouraged Ms. Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin case, because he was concerned that a conviction could have serious consequences for jobs, pensioners and the economy.
Instead, for Mr. Trudeau’s subordinates and perhaps for the PM himself, the more their desired goal escaped their reach, the more they stretched – ethics, propriety, good sense – to grasp it. It was what the boss wanted. All of which leaves the government’s brain trust looking like something less than backroom masterminds. Instead of a symphony conductor deftly directing the levers of power, what’s on record is more like a marching band that could never get itself into tune, with its players compensating for a lack of sheet music by simply blowing harder.
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