As much as I enjoy watching the self righteous, liberals being hoisted by their own petard after spending so much effort trying to claim the moral high ground and preaching their agenda, and as much as I hope this results in the current leadership being removed, and possibly jailed, we should look at the other side too.
It was just bad ( good?) timing that this blew up under their watch and not the other guys. Or perhaps the amateurs in this administration just weren't competent enough to keep this covered up effectively. But it is likely safe to say that the behind the scenes maneuvres would have taken place regardless of who was in power. Best to remember that corruption is how business and politics gets done in Quebec, and work in corrupt failed state dictatorships such as Libya, nothing gets done without corruption and bribery. Perhaps holding a business to Canadian ( supposed) moral and legal standards when they are trying to do business outside Canada is essentially locking us out of most countries in the world. So unless we want to claim the moral high ground and not play in anyone else's sandbox, this dirty business/politics perhaps we need to turn a blind eye. Just because these guys got caught this time, certainly doesn't make it an exceptional event.
Secondly, now that it is coming to light that Liberals were also connected to covering up bribing Natives in the pipeline scandal, that is so common, it shouldn't even be a news story. That is business as usual, extortion by natives has been going on for decades. It has recently taken on more authenticity as they use environmental claims and use lawyers and politicians, but the extortion, particularly of the energy industry is nothing new, and is well known. Throwing it in the face of the liberals, certainly helps to destroy their last shreds of credibility and shows their extreme hypocrisy, but if anyone wants to open that Pandoras box and expose it to the public, it will get messy in a hurry. Not very many businesses, native leaders or politicians will escape that with a clean record.
It was just bad ( good?) timing that this blew up under their watch and not the other guys. Or perhaps the amateurs in this administration just weren't competent enough to keep this covered up effectively. But it is likely safe to say that the behind the scenes maneuvres would have taken place regardless of who was in power. Best to remember that corruption is how business and politics gets done in Quebec, and work in corrupt failed state dictatorships such as Libya, nothing gets done without corruption and bribery. Perhaps holding a business to Canadian ( supposed) moral and legal standards when they are trying to do business outside Canada is essentially locking us out of most countries in the world. So unless we want to claim the moral high ground and not play in anyone else's sandbox, this dirty business/politics perhaps we need to turn a blind eye. Just because these guys got caught this time, certainly doesn't make it an exceptional event.
Secondly, now that it is coming to light that Liberals were also connected to covering up bribing Natives in the pipeline scandal, that is so common, it shouldn't even be a news story. That is business as usual, extortion by natives has been going on for decades. It has recently taken on more authenticity as they use environmental claims and use lawyers and politicians, but the extortion, particularly of the energy industry is nothing new, and is well known. Throwing it in the face of the liberals, certainly helps to destroy their last shreds of credibility and shows their extreme hypocrisy, but if anyone wants to open that Pandoras box and expose it to the public, it will get messy in a hurry. Not very many businesses, native leaders or politicians will escape that with a clean record.
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