He called on her caucus peers to come to her defence and demand transparency from the PMO, as some did in the earlier scandal. But for former veteran parliamentarian Svend Robinson, the scandal surrounding her departure brings up memories of another reckoning 15 years ago. The so-called Sponsorship Scandal in 2006 plunged the Liberals into the political wilderness for a decade. “The Sponsorship Scandal was directly responsible in many ways for the loss of confidence Canadians had in government,” Robinson said. But in the Liberals’ breakthrough election, Wilson-Raybould — a newcomer star candidate with credibility as the Assembly of First Nations’ B.C.

Source: thestar February 13, 2019 03:22 UTC