Juno News - What are the Liberals trying to hide？

In 2020, in the wake of the WeWork scandal, Justin Trudeau's Liberal MPs have been anything but open and transparent. They have blocked access to documents related to the scandal, which is being investigated by the Standing Committee on Finance and Ethics in Parliament.

00:00:00.000 Democracy dies in the darkness is the motto and slogan that appears on the masthead of the

00:00:10.760 Washington Post. I agree with the idea, if not always, their execution and carrying it out.

00:00:17.180 In the early part of the last century, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandes,

00:00:23.620 who served in the highest court in the land from 1916 to 1939, said,

00:00:28.720 quote, sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants, electrically the most efficient

00:00:34.300 policeman, unquote. In December of 2015, the newly minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in his

00:00:41.520 maiden speech to the House, quote, we are committed to delivering real change in the way that government

00:00:46.660 works. It means setting a higher bar for openness and transparency, something needed if this House

00:00:54.100 is to regain the confidence and trust of Canadians, unquote. Well, that was then. In 2020, in the

00:01:02.160 aftermath of the Wee scandal, which is being investigated by the Standing Committees on

00:01:06.860 Finance and Ethics in Parliament, his Liberal MPs have been anything but open and transparent.

00:01:14.580 We have witnessed the better part of four days of various Liberals engaged in a filibuster

00:01:20.240 to prevent opposition MPs from getting documents relating to the Wee scandal tabled in committee.

00:01:27.320 Frankly, it's been embarrassing to watch the machinations of the collected Liberals that

00:01:33.300 they have gone through to keep these documents from ever seeing the light of day. Why is the

00:01:40.100 real question. We know the Wee organization paid the Prime Minister's mother more than a quarter

00:01:46.100 of a million dollars for speaking at Wee events. We know that the Prime Minister's brother Alexandra,

00:01:52.820 Sasha, has also received tens of thousands of dollars, ostensibly, for speaking at Wee events.

00:01:58.860 And we know the Prime Minister's wife, Sophie, has appeared at multiple Wee events and accepted

00:02:05.220 travel and hotel arrangements at the very least from Wee in the past few years. The Wee scandal and the

00:02:12.980 Liberal filibuster of the opposition attempts to shed light on what really went on and how much money

00:02:20.260 the Trudeau family has benefited from it have caused Pierre Poilev and his conservative colleagues joined

00:02:26.740 by the NDP and the Bloc Québécois to call for an anti-corruption committee in Parliament. Stunning stuff.

00:02:33.700 In a lead opinion column in the National Post, Chris Selle called liberal efforts, quote, 0.79

00:02:40.580 a pathetic endless spectacle, unquote. To help understand how pathetic, conservative MP for Leeds 0.98

00:02:49.300 Grenville, Michael Barrett, said on Twitter late Thursday, quote, the Liberals are blocking the 0.62

00:02:55.220 release of documents. We are in our eighth hour. What are they trying to hide, unquote. That's the

00:03:01.700 crux of all of this. There must be something for Canadians to see, or the Liberals would not be

00:03:08.900 fighting hammer and tong to keep those requested documents secret. The more they appear to be covering

00:03:16.100 up something, the more tenacious the opposition is going to be to get at it, and the more guilty the

00:03:23.940 Liberals appear to be. It would seem the opposition smells blood in the water. When the committees

00:03:30.020 reconvene next week, it will be interesting to see if the Liberals keep battling from the parapets,

00:03:36.020 or realize the futility of this charade.

Juno News - October 17, 2020

What are the Liberals trying to hide？

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