Matt Gurney: What the prime minister doesn't get about the WE scandal

  • 📰 nationalpost
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 36 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 80%

Canada Headlines News

Canada Latest News,Canada Headlines

The speeches had happened. Those were a matter of record. The question was whether WE had paid for them — whether the prime minister\u0027s close relatives had personally benefited from their affiliation

Actually, no, it’s not the point at all, insists the PMO. In a delightfully tone-deaf statement, the PMO said, in part, “The prime minister’s relatives engage with a variety of organization and support many personal causes of their own accord. What is important to remember here is that this is about a charity supporting students.”

Well, there you have it, Canadians. The important part isn’t the sole-source contract from the federal government, awarded by a cabinet vote the PM admits he did not recuse himself from, to an organization that has belatedly fessed up, after previously denying it, to paying his mom and brother hundreds of thousands of dollars. The important thing for Canadians to remember, the PMO insists, is that the charity was supporting students.

That the PMO is pretending not to understand what the voters will instantly get tells you a lot about how confident they feel going into this latest self-made ethics crisis for Trudeau — a man with something of a habit of finding himself in jams a lot like this one.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

He gets it. R u kidding? R u being sarcastic? He just doesn't give a fuck.

Trudeau is more equal than equal

No morales so what would he get

I would say any of it.

Ethics are not laws. Ethics is a personal moral principle, and nothing more. If the PM broke no laws, he’ll walk from this too, no legal grounds to prosecute. He’s a POS for it. This Ethics commissioner is virtually useless.

Where were his advisers on this? If they told the PM the optics and the ethics on this stank and he disregarded that advice, his own party should find someone with better judgement. If the PMO didn’t advise the PM of the pitfalls, the latter needs to build himself a new team.

mattgurney The Prime Minister doesnt understand that this country doesn’t exist only to serve his interests and those of his family and elite friends

Belgium1649 Does he care. Its been one svandal after another

This is a pandering article. Sorry but I don't see good motives. I see an opportunist who uses charity for personal gain

Scandal ? Lost count

That would imply he has a clue

CROOK

National Post supports Trump everyday!!! Who’s property benefit the most? His!!! This is not the story NP is making it out to be!!! Sorry

He gets it. He just doesn't care. The law applies to everyone but him.

The blind spot excuse is getting old.

jeoff6

He didn't get what happen with the last two scandals he created, why should he learn anything now!

'The PMO said, in part, 'The PM's relatives engage with a variety of organization. What is important to remember here is that this is about a charity supporting students There you have it, Canadians. The important thing to remember is that the charity was supporting students'😉

Mr. Trudeau gets that he Doesn't have the luxury to Support Anything he his family or his friends & Acquiantances Are Familiar with or are Associated with. Some life 'aright'. To favor Is To Give Hypocritical 'Bay Street' Conservatives a Chance to Feel Better about themselves.

Not at all important

Once again the PM demonstrates he doesn't have a whit of common sense...

Oh he gets it. He just doesn’t care.

This guy is just in waaaaaay over his head. ,Hipster_Trader JoshManMode Trudeau COVID19 Ambulance tiktokdown nsfwtwitter

Really in the big scheme of things, just be thankful we live in Flag of Canada.... move along wait for a Real Issue. What to see if he JustinTrudeau hasn’t learned that everything you do will be under a microscope and No human imperfections are tolerated.

Good article mattgurney. The PM gets it but he is trying to ensure voters don’t.Take it a step further: By nature of funneling govt funds to a charity and in turn the same charity is funneling funds to PM’s family members, it’s a misappropriation of govt funds for personal gain.

He 'experienced' these things differently

Fire CanadianPM

POS

I'm sure what The Groper doesn't get about WE scandal or anything else will fill a whole lot more books than what he does get cdnpoli JustinJournoPros TrudeauTrillion

The last hair of the mask has fallen. He can run but he can’t hide anymore. TrudeauMustResignNow

He gets it. Those not awoken dont. Next!!

What did Al Copone not get about tax evasion?

Totally what you would get from a politician. Say something do the opposite.

🙄

Nobody cares about this we scandals. We get it conservatives are whiney sore losers trust us WE get it

He doesn't 'get' a lot of things.

This is flagrant disregard of ethics and the intelligence of Canadian voters. I won’t vote Liberal next time. Three strikes and you’re out!!

Would expect AndrewScheer and theJagmeetSingh to raise hell over this! They must educate the Canadian citizens how wrong this is! 💁‍♂️

I think it’s a more about what he doesn’t give.

mattgurney the worst part about this scandal isn’t even the obvious graft. It’s the fact that they thought people were stupid enough to buy the lies around the graft

What the media and the cons don't get and will not speak of because it was one of their own, is why did a conservative terrorist break down the gates of the Prime Ministers home and try to kill him if the media wants to talk ethics lets start that conversation and plaster twitter

Not sure how Liberal Supporters can defend this but then again they defended Trudeau in Blackface and painted Trudeau as just a child at 29 years old when he decided to paint his entire body black and stuff bananas down his pants

It's a lot easier to tally the things he gets on any subject, it starts and ends with a 0. Unless of course you mean corruption, that he gets.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 10. in CA

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Tootoo says Eskimos name discussion should centre on feelings of Inuit - Sportsnet.caJordin Tootoo, the first Inuk to play in the NHL, says the discussion about the Edmonton Eskimos’ team name should be “around how the Inuk people feel” about the term. Weird how so many white people think their opinion is what counts in this matter.
Source: Sportsnet - 🏆 57. / 59 Read more »

Tootoo says Edmonton team name discussion should centre on feelings of Inuk peopleJordin Tootoo says he doesn't find the Edmonton Eskimos' team name objectionable, but that doesn't mean the CFL club should keep it. Pretty ironic picture and conflicting message considering hes wearing a Blackhawks jersey that has an Indian chief on it. Call them the Edmonton Liberal Tears Isn’t saying ‘Inuk people’ tautology?
Source: CTVNews - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

PM Trudeau's mother, brother and wife paid to speak at WE Charity eventsNDP MP Charlie Angus has called out the prime minister's ties to the WE Charity: 'This is group closely tied to the Trudeau family that had no background in delivering a program of this size and apparently no capacity to do it.' Read more here: This story will be dropped by the MSM in short order. But they know how to cash a cheque.
Source: CTVNews - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

PM Trudeau's mother, brother and wife were paid to speak at WE Charity eventsNDP MP Charlie Angus has called out the prime minister's ties to the WE Charity: 'This is a group closely tied to the Trudeau family that had no background in delivering a program of this size and apparently no capacity to do it.' Read more here: Looks like they met all Trudys requirements obviously,so what's the problem? Anyone can see through this unless you have no pulse ! Yawn. NDP and Cons are so desperate during a pandemic.
Source: CTVNews - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Chris Selley: From the Aga Khan to WE, Trudeau still can't seem to grasp realityAny normal human being could have told the Prime Minister it was a terrible idea. Do none work for him? The reality he grasps is that he can be as blatantly corrupt in full public view and still get re-elected. Media is focusing on Andrew Scheer not wearing a mask in the airport. Ridiculous. The government knows exactly what it’s doing
Source: nationalpost - 🏆 10. / 80 Read more »

Two parliamentary committees expected to dig into Trudeau government's handling of WE Charity dealThe charity, which has close ties to the prime minister, pulled out of the deal after a week of controversy Isn't that what Corey Hurren was trying to do? Too bad he didn't succeed. Maybe he just wanted a fake lake? cndpoli JustinTrudeau sheer Real news.
Source: nationalpost - 🏆 10. / 80 Read more »