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alanjh595 wrote:Isn't he innocent until proven guilty ?

TreeGuy wrote:Alleged political interference in Mark Norman case ‘more concerning’ than SNC-Lavalin accusations: defence

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/alleged-political-interference-in-mark-norman-case-more-concerning-than-snc-lavalin-accusations-defence-lawyer

The military's former second-in-command stands accused of leaking cabinet secrets to a now-former CBC journalist and an executive at the Quebec shipyard which leased the federal government a temporary supply ship for the navy.

In fact, most of the 12 alleged leaks cited by the Crown involve the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que.

The leasing deal was hammered out on the eve of the 2015 election by the former Conservative government and grudgingly approved by the Liberals weeks after they took power.

Norman's alleged leaks, according to the Crown, were intended to influence the governments of the day toward embracing the Davie lease deal.

This week, however, the court heard in more detail about how the RCMP have not interviewed a number of former Conservative ministers and staffers who were involved in this file — including former defence ministers Jason Kenney and Rob Nicholson and those who worked for them.

.....What were Norman's marching orders from the former Conservative government related to the $668-million leased supply ship project?

It's already a matter of public record that the Harper government went to extraordinary lengths to push the cargo ship lease through the system.

In order to make it happen, the Conservatives amended the regulations on sole-source contracts — something that, in all likelihood, waved a red flag for the Liberals who came after them.

There is also ample information in the court records, filed as part of the case, to suggest that the Harper government deliberately bypassed the federal public works bureaucracy, the Department of National Defence and even Norman's own direct commander, former chief of the defence staff Tom Lawson. After all these years, more dirt is coming out about the Harper's corrupt and scandalous reign. Are we surprised?.......Not at all!!

Privy Council Office analyst Melissa Burke told the RCMP — in a witness transcript included in documents released by the court late last year, which have not been entered in evidence nor tested in court — that the Prime Minister's Office under Harper "very much wanted this to go through."

She cited a briefing note that was signed by Norman only — and not by his boss.

"What that says to me is, the navy was working directly with PMO to try and make this happen," Burke said.

The Privy Council Office bureaucrat in charge of the search for government records testified this week they can't find some emails, texts and messages at National Defence — notably those of Conservative political staffers and former ministers.

floppi wrote:I know isn't it brutal? We're still stepping on the turds he laid during his time in office.

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs calls out 'racist and sexist' treatment of Wilson-Raybould

"If you do not condemn these harmful statements and apologize ... you not only reaffirm a colonial belief system that Indigenous women are inferior and disposable, but the hypocrisy of your professed feminism and 'most important relationship' with Indigenous people will be laid bare for all Canadians to see," the group's release concludes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson ... -1.5015585

floppi wrote:I know isn't it brutal? We're still stepping on the turds he laid during his time in office.

OKkayak wrote:

floppi wrote:I know isn't it brutal? We're still stepping on the turds he laid during his time in office.

The "turds" have been flushed down the toilet. They're all gone now. We have a fresh bowl to focus on now

floppi wrote:
As you can see from the link I posted, harper turds are still clinging on and refuse to be flushed.