When confronted with his role in the WE charity scandal, the Prime Minister said yes, he knew his mother, brother and wife were paid speaking fees by the charity -- but he didn't know how much (recall 1928's Manners: American Etiquette author Helen Hathaway's advice on discussion topics: "we can discuss anything under the sun except money, disease and personal affairs.")
When I asked a seasoned Canadian journalist if he thinks the WE scandal is the proverbial straw that breaks the PM's back (on top of the Aga Khan and SNC-Lavalin "affairs"), he said no, because the story is getting little play in Québec, where the province continues to mourn the January 17th death of Céline Dion's mother, Thérèse.
Are these news stories related? If it could be said that Canada, like the U.S., is transitioning from a liberal democracy facilitated by politicians to a totalitarian plutocracy run by aristocrats, then yes, I think so.
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