Trudeau Missing in Action, or AWOL?

Vincent J. Curtis

14 June 22

RE: Minister under fire

For the second time in four months, Prime Minster Trudeau has come down with COVID-19 and is unable to attend Commons sittings.  There, his Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino is under fire for having misled the House concerning the invocation of the Emergencies Act.

The mendacious Mendicino claimed before the House and testified to a Commons committee investigating the invocation that the Act was invoked on the advice of the police.  All three police services involved, Ottawa Police, the OPP, and the RCMP deny making such a request or tendering such advice.  The Deputy Minister has tried to clarify Mendicino’s statements to no effect.

Ordinarily, a Minister who misleads the House ought to resign, yet Mendicino refuses.  The question is why?  Was he instructed by Trudeau to, in effect, blame the police for invoking the Emergencies Act?  Does Trudeau stand behind his Minister who misled the House, and if so, why?

Conveniently, Trudeau has come down with his second case of the vapor and is non-functional, just like in February when the Truckers came to Ottawa to demand a meeting with Trudeau.  The responsible man that he is, Trudeau can’t stand in the House and explain why his Minister shouldn’t resign, and then explain why the Act was invoked since there was no police request or “advice” after all.

Pulling on that thread could unravel a government.

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