I think I will crop David Johnston out of this picture, now that he has forever tarnished his reputation and credibility by being a shill for Justin Trudeau. The fact that the former governor general did not recommend a public inquiry into Chinese meddling in our last two elections is a national disgrace and an affront to democracy.
In 2012, B was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work with the Royal Commonwealth Society over many years. Unlike Americans, who "buy" medals and decorations via political donations, Canadians are awarded medals for volunteer service to the betterment of civil society, so B was very proud to have been given such an honour by Her Majesty's representative in Canada. Let me tell you, that medal is a biggie.*
Now I am ashamed to have the former GG's now inglorious mug hanging on the wall in our dining room sullying this recognition.
For starters, Johnston should have turned down the position of "Special rapporteur" looking into whether we should have a public inquiry in the first place. Since he didn't, he certainly should have been objective and honest and recommended an inquiry be called. He didn't do that either. In fact, he blamed 'The Globe and Mail' and 'Global Television' for revealing Chinese interference in our democracy.
He further failed the smell test by appointing Liberal party donor Sheila Block, a lawyer with Tory's LLD who gave almost $8,000 to the Liberal party and no other, as his assistant.
What??!!!
The fix was in from before day one, when Trudeau promised up front he would implement every one of Johnston's recommendations when the latter tabled his report. Would he have said this if he had suspected in advance that Johnston might actually recommend an inquiry? Rhetorical.
To add fuel to an already sizzling bush, Johnston and Trudeau's family connections go back generations. They are skiing buddies and cottage neighbours, making Johnston unfit to judge anything Trudeau has done. He's also on the board of the Trudeau Foundation. I mean, come on. It's all so sordid and wrong. As I have said, from the cancelling of Canada Day fireworks to the apologizing for anything and everything Indigenous, to the SNC affair, to the Wilson-Raybould mess, to the manhandling of a female MP, Canada has lost its way and the sooner we get rid of Trudeau and his band of brigands the better.
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*Actually, I should have been given one because guess who did all the behind-the-scenes work on that file? Rhetorical.
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