WE ‘scandal’ doesn’t have the firepower to take down the PM

When it comes to real scandals, you need DNA on the dress, money in a Swiss bank account, or a tape-recording of evil doers. So far, WE has no killer evidence. Pierre Poilievre giving the stink eye to the PM on TV is a poor substitute.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured July 30, 2020, testifying virtually before the House Finance Committee. The WE 'scandal' hasn’t got the firepower to take out the PM, or trigger a mutiny in the ranks. If the opposition’s best punch is a damning report from the ethics commissioner (and they might well get one in the WE affair), we already have the evidence of how little that means, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

August 3, 2020

HALIFAX—Justin Trudeau breezed through the rumble in the House Finance Committee last week, even though his professional detractors, and some of the sheep in the media flock, saw doom and gloom for Mr. Sunny Ways. Some commentators have even gone so far as to suggest that the Liberal Party is fal...

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