Opinion: This is how you kill a Canadian political scandal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Parliament in Ottawa on March 19. By David Moscrop David Moscrop Canadian politics Email Bio Follow Contributing columnist March 28 at 1:36 PM This week, the Canadian Parliament’s Liberal-dominated Justice and Human Rights Committee closed down its investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Opposition frustration is palpable. The desire to know more is understandable. Both might also be futile. Those who support the government and argue there’s nothing to the SNC scandal, or it’s about other, more nefarious things that have nothing to do with the well-meaning prime minister and those around him, may be right.
The government should be able to ride the recently released budget and some end-of-calendar bills through the spring, deflecting opposition attacks, and calming and rallying their own caucus. Next, they’ll hope that Canadians will have already made up their minds about the SNC affair, get tired of the whole mess and move on before summer hits and everybody tunes out. Then it’s the fall and time to vote.
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