Juno News - October 11, 2019Andrew Lawton asks Trudeau about West Point Grey Academy
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Learn English with Andrew Lawton from True North. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was accused of groping a young woman at the Kokanee Music Festival, and accused of bullying women he has worked with, firing women who have stood up to him, and of being accused of being groped by other women.
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Good evening Prime Minister, Andrew Lawton from True North, in English and in French please.
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When you were accused of, in her words, groping a young woman at the Kokanee Music Festival,
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you said that people can experience things differently.
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When you look back at your career at West Point Grey Academy,
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were there any episodes, any chapters, any incidents where, looking back,
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you may have, in your view or in the view of anyone else involved, acted inappropriately?
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Okay, thank you. And a follow-up to that, sir, I mean, these are questions we're asking publicly
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because your office has not answered them privately.
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Do you think they are relevant, given that you have been accused of bullying women you've worked with,
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firing women that have stood up to you, and accused of groping women?
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Do you realize that these are important questions?
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We live in a democracy where people are allowed to ask questions,
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I am extremely confident in the values that I've always put forward,
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and I know that Canadians will base their decision in ten days on facts,