Posted on 12/14/2016 11:41:04 AM PST by billorites
Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the nation’s House of Commons Tuesday that he has attended lavish fundraisers for his family’s foundation to “create economic growth for the middle class.”
His defense of his participation in fundraisers thrown by the Pierre Trudeau Foundation – which he renounced his official position in upon becoming the leader of the Liberal Party – follows an admission that he allowed attendees to lobby him at these fundraisers, a clear violation of Liberal Party bylaws.
The metastasizing cash-for-access scandal follows a calamitous month for Canada’s Liberals in which, partly triggered by Trudeau’s effusive praise for dictator Fidel Castro, public approval of the Liberal Party dropped 9 percentage points.
Confronted by Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose in the House of Commons Tuesday, Trudeau insisted that his presence at Trudeau Foundation fundraisers was a ploy to defend middle class interests.
“No matter where I am or who I am talking to I always talk about the same thing: The fact that our priorities are to create economic growth for the middle class,” Trudeau said Tuesday, responding to a barbed question from Ambrose: “When did money become more important than the integrity of his office?” He insisted that, at these fundraisers, he discussed “increasing taxes for the 1 per cent of the wealthiest so we are able to reduce them for the middle class.”
Trudeau also denied involvement with the Trudeau Foundation, calling it “an independent foundation established in the memory of my father with which I ceased to have any engagement shortly after having become leader of the Liberal Party.” The Globe and Mail notes that “opposition MPs erupted in howls of laughter” at his denial.
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The liberals will stick together until the very end. They hold the majority of seats in parliament and a confidence vote would require that some of them bolt and vote against their own government. Not very likely.
“Economic growth for the middle class”.
In liberal speak that means Tax everyone to death and blow the money on crap
Trudeau,s mother spent time with the castro
So do I begin to understand the Canadian government correctly?
Barring the unlikely, is he in office until parliament is formed again in 2019—if a different party then gains the majority?
Is there any realistic chance of elections being called earlier?
MCGA!
Hillary...with pants. Er, wait a minute...
LOL.
And Justin is a good Catholic, too.
Does every LIB bum worldwide have a criminal “foundation” with which to launder money? What criminal asshats.
Canada allows Clinton Crime Fam like efforts?
Oui.
While that is true now, what happens if all those Canadian government policies cause the Canadian economy to collapse compared to the now-freed up US economy? They will turn on Justin Trudeau in no time flat when the provinces start complaining.
Give the girl some coloring books and play doh ...
re: Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the nation’s House of Commons Tuesday that he has attended lavish fundraisers for his family’s foundation to “create economic growth for the middle class.”
Well, at least his lie was not “I did it for the children”.
Sheesh, these progressive socialists can't seem to learn any new soundbites.
Bill Clinton’s illegitimate son?
I'm not defending this twerp.
Buddy, I wish you were right. The best we can hope for is that the US example puts the brakes on this clown's policies. It has always been so.
Como Obama nos engaña.
Another family foundation in trouble.
Yogi Berra, the gift that keeps on giving.
His Yogi’isms will last forever.
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