Motion to dismiss -
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5758381-Memorandum-of-Law-in-Support-of-Motion.html
Jane Philpott just gave Justin Trudeau a lesson in doing politics differently.
Resigning from cabinet on a matter of principle is so old-fashioned it evokes images of monocles, pocket watches and top hats. For many career politicians, their occupation is a substitute for a private life. They have accomplished little beyond politics and cannot contemplate the inner emptiness of voluntarily removing themselves from the action.
Philpott’s decision to step down from her cabinet post as Treasury Board president Monday because she found it untenable to support the government and its policies in the midst of the SNC-Lavalin affair speaks to the character of someone who knows there is more to life than advancement up the greasy pole of political life.
“I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities and constitutional obligations,” she said in her resignation letter. “There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.”
This lawsuit by the DNC to the Russian Federation will go the same way that the lawsuit went down of Bernie supporters suing the DNC for rigging the primaries for Hillary.