What if we woke up tomorrow and the norm was to drive on the left side of the road?
The allegations that the Prime Minister and his bureaucrats tried to strong-arm the nation’s top lawyer to hold back on investigating a Quebec based company with big ties to the region’s economy — a big company with 9,000 employees that was threatening to pull stakes and leave the province if charges of fraud were leveled — is devastating for the country. It’s also brilliant for those who never liked Justin Trudeau.
The incident has his opponents — many who are anti-Trudeau from before anyone west of Montreal had ever heard of SNC Lavalin — calling for his confession, his apology, his resignation … and his head.
What if we drove on the left side of the road to the local post office to buy some milk before heading to the barber shop to drop off our mail — a stack of letters that have the stamp stuck to the top left side of the envelope? What if we smiled as our family dog stuck his head out the car window and happily ‘moo-ed’ at pedestrians walking down the streets on their hands?
The SNC Lavalin issue is less criminal and more political to the vast number of people opposing the Prime Minister. Did he and his crew try to alter the course of justice for a big player in the nation’s economy? It sure looks that way. And that is wrong — but that is up to a judicial hearing to decide after all facts are presented. It’s not a lynch mob decision as many opine.
What if Premier Rachel Notley was pushing the province’s Solicitor General to press formal charges against an Alberta-based company that was a big player in the oil and gas industry for similar allegations of fraud?
Those who are following Trudeau’s issue in Quebec — watching the live TV coverage and following social media channels to share and read like-minded opinions — clearly want justice to be served on this company. They aren’t raising their voice only because they don’t like the Prime Minister ... they are vigilant for justice to be served — right?
What if Premier Notley forged ahead with plans to investigate an Alberta company, despite that company’s vow to leave the province and sacrifice some of the 9,000 jobs they offer?
Which way would people and parties who have never liked Notley go then? Would they still be so interested in the letter of the law? Or would they brand her as a traitor to the province’s economic growth for attacking a corporate powerhouse?
What if things were different? Would they still be the same?
