There was never any doubt the Liberal majority on the Commons justice committee would block an investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair. The frightened rabbits on the government side were not about to investigate their masters in the Prime Minister’s Office, let alone on such an explosive question as whether they had attempted to tamper with a criminal prosecution. Or perhaps the former Crown prosecutor is merely mistaken, confusing what the prime minister’s people have called “vigorous debate” with improper interference. The prime minister and his staff, it is now clear, are going to throw everything they have at her, smearing her credibility even as they invoke solicitor-client privilege to stop her from answering. More to the point, it would be signalling to other firms contemplating bribing public officials that the same bet can work for them.

Source: National Post February 14, 2019 01:17 UTC