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True Dough

(17,091 posts)
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 07:51 PM Mar 2019

Canada's Treasury Board president resigns over Trudeau's handling of SNC-Lavalin affair

This is BAAAAD news for Trudeau. Jane Philpott is a highly-regarded and ethical minister, similar to Jody Wilson-Raybould. I really believe the time has come for Trudeau's resignation. The best thing he could do for the Liberal party is to step aside and allow someone else to lead as the October federal election approaches -- Jody Wilson-Raybould, perhaps.

On top of that, I'm seriously considering a screen name change here at the DU. True Dough is now tainted. I realize Gerald Butts, the prime minister's right-hand man, testifies on Wednesday and we don't know what he'll have to say, but the fact that Butts already resigned tells me a whole lot!


Jane Philpott, one of Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers, announced today she has resigned from cabinet as the Liberal government's crisis over the SNC-Lavalin affair deepens.

"I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities and constitutional obligations," she said in a written statement.

"There can be a cost to acting on one's principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them."

Philpott, the MP for Markham-Stouffville, said she has been considering the events that have shaken the federal government in recent weeks and, after "serious reflection," concluded she must quit.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/philpott-resignation-trudeau-snc-lavalin-1.5042411
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Canada's Treasury Board president resigns over Trudeau's handling of SNC-Lavalin affair (Original Post) True Dough Mar 2019 OP
Here's Philpott's letter of resignation True Dough Mar 2019 #1
You could always just say that your screen name is inspired by the creator of the comic strip royable Mar 2019 #2
Maybe that's my out! True Dough Mar 2019 #3
i feel ya. how about true font? Kurt V. Mar 2019 #4

royable

(1,263 posts)
2. You could always just say that your screen name is inspired by the creator of the comic strip
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:03 PM
Mar 2019

" Doonesbury," Garry Trudeau.

True Dough

(17,091 posts)
3. Maybe that's my out!
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 08:18 PM
Mar 2019

Thanks for the save. I'd hate to confuse my legions of fans and followers here.

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