TA Leis

I am still trying to understand the purpose of the newly established legislation enabling remediation. Does the public understand why this remediation was or was not a good option? How does a government come to terms with corporate issues where the actions of a few may put thousands of jobs at risk? Evidently we may conclude there was considerable ineffective and inappropriate communication on the liberal side in relation to the SNC Lavalin case. Where was the communication on the merits of the legislation? Let’s have that discussion. What do we expect of justice officials in terms of communication regarding the proposed need to prosecute and to thereby hollow out our corporate capacity to compete? Should an explanation not be expected? How can the public decide what was the right course of action under the circumstances? The current debate offers a major showcase of political opportunism as opposed to a deeper concern for understanding the issues at hand and coming to terms with the national interest. Are we prepared to accept that judicial independence should operate without a lack of accountability to explain decisions? I hope that as a country we can take a deep breath and do a little better than the past week. We may feel our issues pale in comparison to those being tabled elsewhere at present but we are also “better than this.”