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QQ: if you were Bill Morneau, what action could you take right now to reclaim/ recover your reputation? Just watching him so solemn faced waiting for his Lordship to appear at the Climate Change rally.
Shortly after Cabinet minister and Liberal MP Jane Philpott resigned from her post, Finance Minister Bill Morneau commented on her resignation.
“Jane Philpott is a close personal friend of Jody Wilson-Raybould. She took a decision, I respect her decision. She was a good colleague, and she’ll take the decision that makes the most sense to her,” said Morneau.
I'm going to put my loonie on the other side: he's going to go down the, "at no time did I ever tell anyone to break the law - we were only looking for solutions" message track.QV said:... If he doesn't just contradict JWR, I think it possible Gerry Butts will try and take full blame for all of this to save the PM. But it's too late for that IMHO.
Cloud Cover said:You don’t think that’s too much of a low shot??
milnews.ca said:I'm going to put my loonie on the other side: he's going to go down the, "at no time did I ever tell anyone to break the law - we were only looking for solutions."
Haggis said:I think you're right. This, along with stressing her political inexperience, business naivete and misinterpretation of the "advice" she received from the PM, PMO will be the response he will give. This will set the stage for the new AG to issue the DPA as a "course correction" for the government.
Notice of meeting
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 137
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Room 415, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street
Televised
Remediation Agreements, the Shawcross Doctrine and the Discussions Between the Office of the Attorney General and Government Colleagues
Witnesses
As an individual
Gerald Butts ...
Canada's Cable Public Affairs Channel usually has a good link to live feeds from these things.Notice of meeting
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 138
Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Room 415, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street
Televised
Remediation Agreements, the Shawcross Doctrine and the Discussions Between the Office of the Attorney General and Government Colleagues
Witnesses
Department of Justice
• Nathalie G. Drouin, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Privy Council Office
• Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet ...
JesseWZ said:It's very odd to me that a DPA could even be considered in this case at all. At my office, we're often dealing with historical files where someone comes in to report a matter 20, 30 sometimes even 50 years old - as a first report. If we were to successfully locate the subject and grounds exist for charges, I cannot lay charges under the Criminal Code of today for an incident from back then - I have to use the Criminal Code as it existed at the time. If SNC Lavalin successfully lobbied the government (as it would appear to be the case) in 2018 to change the law, shouldn't it only apply from when it received Royal Assent moving forward and not retroactively apply to offences in the past? That's always been my understanding of the law...
Maybe FJAG can weigh in here...
milnews.ca said:Just as a quick set up/head's up, here's who's speaking when tomorrow (Wed 6 Mar) ...Canada's Cable Public Affairs Channel usually has a good link to live feeds from these things.
Remius said:Imagine someone murdered a family at the time we had the death penalty. That someone could be charged for a crime committed at that time. But the sentence and plea bargain rules would be today's standard not the standard that applied back then no?
Loachman said:I have seen statutory rape cases where the age-of-consent in place at the time of the offence, as opposed to the the age-of-consent in place at the time of the charge or trial, was what the court considered.
Sentence is another matter, at least in the case of a punishment not currently available.