Juno News - Liberals don't want the truth when it comes to Jody Wilson-Raybould

00:00:00.000 You have to wonder what it is that Justin Trudeau and the Liberals are afraid of.

00:00:06.380 The Conservatives have been, as well as the NDP, pushing for Jody Wilson-Raybould to be allowed to testify

00:00:12.560 before the House of Commons Justice Committee a second time.

00:00:16.460 This shouldn't be an uncomfortable request for the Liberals.

00:00:19.920 After all, Jody Wilson-Raybould's first testimony led to the need for Gerald Butz to respond, which he did.

00:00:26.860 It led to the need for Michael Wernick not just to respond, but to come back for his second appearance.

00:00:33.040 Well, there were claims made by both Michael Wernick, the Privy Council Clerk, and Gerald Butz

00:00:38.320 that would warrant responses from Jody Wilson-Raybould.

00:00:41.760 So anyone interested in truth should be welcoming the opportunity for Jody Wilson-Raybould to come back,

00:00:47.500 to respond further, and more specifically, to be able to respond if Justin Trudeau

00:00:52.380 can further waive cabinet confidence and attorney-client privilege to allow her to speak to things outside

00:00:58.780 of the itsy-bitsy, tiny window that Justin Trudeau authorized her to speak on for her first testimony.

00:01:05.940 Now, this is a lengthy way of saying that Jody Wilson-Raybould has still, despite her requests,

00:01:10.840 not been allowed to speak her truth, which I think the Liberals know is the truth.

00:01:16.080 And I'm imagining that old Jack Nicholson line, you can't handle the truth.

00:01:19.620 Well, maybe they can handle it, but they sure as heck don't want to hear it.

00:01:23.240 The Liberals decided to have a little bit of a hissy fit in front of committee when Pierre

00:01:27.640 Poiliev, the Conservative Member of Parliament, had introduced a motion, which was getting

00:01:31.880 support from the NDP as well, that the Justice Committee calls on Jody Wilson-Raybould

00:01:37.060 to return, to testify once again.

00:01:40.000 The motion didn't even get voted on before the Liberal majority decided to gang up and not

00:01:46.220 just shut down Pierre Poiliev's motion, but actually shut down the meeting.

00:01:50.240 Thirteen minutes after it began, the Liberal bullies on committee decided they were going

00:01:54.820 to adjourn.

00:01:55.800 And my goodness, did that camera go off quickly when the stream that we were watching on from

00:02:00.860 everyone outside of Ottawa's perspective ended.

00:02:03.800 This is the game the Liberals are playing.

00:02:06.120 And you know what?

00:02:06.980 I fear it might work, which is why Canadians cannot let this go.

00:02:11.040 Jody Wilson-Raybould needs to speak, and any Liberal who wants to pretend they care about

00:02:16.420 justice, as the committee name suggests, needs to actually allow the truth to be heard.

00:02:21.560 For True North, I'm Andrew Lawton.

Juno News - March 13, 2019