Silly woman

Just yesterday I reminded y'all of the quote by Dear Leader that said different people experience things differently ... blah, blah, blah. Well, Irwin Cotler must have that same PR coach Justin used last year:

Cotler said it's possible officials with the Prime Minister's Office, Privy Council Office and minister of finance didn't intend to exert inappropriate direction on Wilson-Raybould, but over time if felt like concentrated and sustained pressure.

During her testimony, Wilson-Raybould referred to it as "a barrage of people hounding me and my staff."

"I know this may sound somewhat, perhaps, speaking paradoxically when I say that both sides may be telling the truth, but that was my feeling that she was really telling it as she saw it, as she experienced it," said Cotler.

 Really?

Honest, we only came to her dozens of times, reminded her of the stakes, suggested routes and avenues she should take, offered her a legal-eagle whose opinion would buffer her from any fallout once she did the wrong thing by INTERFERING. We talked about elections, the future -- but we didn't mean it to sway her, and definitely not to intimidate her -- it was all just FYI time, and time and time, and time again -- even after she'd made her position clear time, and time and time again. It's all in her head -- we don't know where her mind was. Silly woman. We would never have demoted her over this --- ooops.

And then we have Jat Sidhu (who has now apologized) who said:

Sidhu told The Abbotsford News the discussions about the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin were "normal" and that Wilson-Raybould was not a "team player."

"The way she's acting, I think she couldn't handle the stress. I think there's somebody else behind —maybe her father — pulling the strings," he said.

Seems to me Team Trudeau doesn't think much of its women.

Surprising!

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Pattern of behaviour unbecoming a Prime Minister

Whether it's physical interference (groping) or political interference (pressuring the AG to act in a manner that goes against both her conscience and her job description) women in Justin Trudeau's life always seem to get it wrong.

Harken back to last summer when our beloved PM was answering questions about allegations that he'd man-handled a young reporter many years ago... here's what he said:

'I am confident that I did not act inappropriately,' Trudeau says of groping allegation

"Part of this awakening we're having as a society, a long awaited realization, is that it's not just one side of the story that matters," he said. "That the same interactions can be experienced very differently from one person to the next.

(…)

Trudeau said he can only be responsible for his side of the interaction.

"A man experiences an interaction as benign or not inappropriate and a woman, particularly in a professional context, can experience it differently," he said. "And we have to expect that and reflect on that."

Fast-forward to yesterday after the testimony of fellow Liberal, former AG, Jody Wilson-Raybould regarding what she felt was sustained pressure by the PM, the PMO and various ministers of the Crown, to intervene in the handling of the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin: 

Trudeau, reacting to Wilson-Raybould’s allegations,maintained that he and his staff did not act inappropriately.

“I strongly maintain, as I have from the beginning, that I and my staff always acted appropriately and professionally. I therefore completely disagree with the former attorney general’s characterization of events,” Trudeau told reporters in Montreal on Wednesday evening, after Wilson-Raybould spent hours testifying in Ottawa.

The Prime Minister has proved himself incapable of good judgment on many levels. This is just another example of him expecting to get what he wants from a woman and reacting badly when it doesn't work out his way.

Jody Wilson-Raybould is a brave person. She has spoken "her truth" as Minister Freeland put it. Hopefully the country will realize that *the* truth is sometimes not a matter of perception. It's just the truth.

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