Gerald Butts, in the statement he issued upon resigning as principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, spoke in righteous terms. As the client in the relationship with then-attorney-general Wilson-Raybould, Trudeau (as leader of the Liberal cabinet) has every right to do this. Even if Wilson-Raybould is using solicitor-client privilege as a handy excuse for staying quiet, as some have charged, Trudeau waiving his privilege would clarify the situation. Butts’ statement was full of baloney — or at the very least hypocrisy — in a broader sense, too, if one thinks about his team’s record. If “Canadians are rightly proud of their public institutions,” as Butts claimed, how does he imagine Canadians have felt watching the Liberal government trying to politicize those institutions right from day one?

Source: National Post February 20, 2019 18:45 UTC