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It gives some credence to Trudeau repeatedly statingthat he learned about the sexual misconduct allegations against Vance through
Global News, which first broke the story earlier this year.
Vance has since denied all allegations and has also refused any further comment.
“There’s not a thing that a prime minister is supposed to take action on,” Marques told the committee. “And, in fact, taking action on that, even well-meaning action, may be inappropriate at that stage of events.”
After refusing to look at some of the evidence against Vance, Sajjan passed the matter onto his chief of staff at the time, Zita Astravas, who, as if handling a hot potato, referred it to Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford. Feeling the heat, too, she finallygave it to Marques with instructions to get it into the hands of the Clerkof the Privy Council (PCO) and therefore safely out of the political realm.
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iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 22, 2021 6:01am Twitter Photo: @JustinTrudeau
After spending the last few days promoting his minority government’s $101 billion plan to get Canada through the current pandemic and on the road to recovery,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to take his message to an international audience, courtesy of a morning speaking slot at a high-level climate change summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden.
He’s also set to take part in a session on “climate solutions” where he’ll be joined by
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and
International Development Minister Karina Gould. (11:45 AM)