Shawn Stolz

Father to 2 beautiful daughters.
True north strong and free. Views are my own.

[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

This Is Very Bad News For The Hundreds Of Thousands Of Workers & Tens Of Thousands Of Businesses Impacted By New Tariffs

The Trump Administration is almost impossible to make a deal with, the terms will keep changing

But Failure is FAILURE

The Master Negotiator FAILED

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[Shawn Stolz @The_Burnsman]

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[FaZe ZooMaa @ZooMaa]

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[Shawn Stolz @The_Burnsman]

@gregbradyx Sounds like a skill issue to me

[Jasmin Laine @JasminLaine]

CBC says Pierre Poilievre is "doom and gloom", "too negative".

All because he says "you shouldnt have to sacrifice anymore", "We want you to live a great life", "buy a home", "make a good paycheque", "hope is on the way".

But to them, Mark Carney constantly regurgitating "The world is a dangerous and divided place", "we're in a crises", "there will be sacrifices", "it wont be easy", "its a hinge moment", "we face more threats than ever", I could go on and on...

I'm sorry... what?

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

No it's not. It's Frankie Bubbles. @brianlilley

[Michelle Rempel Garner @MichelleRempel]

I just moved this at immigration committee.

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

Program Note:
When you're financing your 'investments' using debt, which is the same way you're financing your operating costs, it's all spending no matter what you call it.

[Dan Knight @DanKnightMMA]

Crown Blocks SNC-Lavalin Private Prosecution

It’s Monday morning in Canada, and the swamp is alive and well. After seven years of stonewalling, weak investigations, and political cover for one of the most explosive scandals in recent history, the Trudeau machine just got what looks like its final shield. Ontario Crown prosecutors quietly stepped in to shut down Democracy Watch’s private prosecution against Justin Trudeau over the SNC-Lavalin affair—yes, the same SNC that got caught bribing Libyan officials and then rebranded itself “AtkinsRéalis” as if a name change erases corruption.

Let me walk you through what’s happening, and how the Crown’s “no reasonable prospect” excuse unravels in the face of Supreme Court doctrine.

In their September 29 press release, Democracy Watch confirms what many already suspected: John Corelli, director of Ontario’s Complex Prosecutions Bureau, has issued a stay on DW’s private prosecution application against Trudeau for alleged obstruction of justice and breach of trust tied to SNC-Lavalin. The heart of Corelli’s reasoning? He says “there is no reasonable prospect the Crown could prove that Mr. Trudeau acted with the requisite criminal intent.” That’s the barrier, he says—the legal standard is too steep for their evidence to climb.

But that’s where the Crown is wrong. R. v. Beaudry (2007 SCC 5) is not a dusty case from the past; it embodies the Supreme Court’s view of what “obstructing justice” means under Criminal Code s. 139(2). In Beaudry, a police sergeant deliberately declined to gather breath-sample evidence in a drunk-driving situation involving a fellow officer. He was charged with obstruction for failing to perform his duty. The Crown’s position was consistent: refusing to collect evidence, where one had grounds, was an act that “tended to defeat or obstruct the course of justice.” The trial judge convicted, and the appeal up to the Supreme Court followed.

The Supreme Court’s majority carefully parsed the boundary between police discretion and obstruction. They said that discretion does not give a blanket pass to all acts, especially where the decision departs from objective, reasonable grounds. They made clear that discretionary power must be exercised honestly and transparently, based on valid and reasonable grounds—favoritism, bias, or self-interest cannot justify overriding justice. In their words:

“the discretion must have been exercised honestly and transparently, and on the basis of valid and reasonable grounds. Thus, a decision based on favouritism … cannot constitute a proper exercise of police discretion.”

That principle matters here. Because if a public official (or a Prime Minister) pressures or directs others to interfere with a prosecution, the question is not whether you can prove “corrupt intent” in some conspiratorial sense. The question is whether the acts wilfully obstruct justice by departing from accepted, reasonable norms. In Beaudry, the Court distinguishes between a “simple error of judgment,” which is not criminal, and conduct that “cannot be characterized as a legitimate exercise of discretion.” (That is, crossing the line).

That’s the rub. DW argues, and I agree, they aren’t asking the Crown to prove some infernal evil motive. They need only show Trudeau acted wilfully to obstruct. The Crown’s argument that there’s “no reasonable prospect” of proving “criminal intent” begs the question: which “intent” are they talking about? If they mean “malicious, corrupt design,” that’s higher than what Beaudry requires under s.139(2). If all the Crown meant was “wilfulness,” their dismissal is baseless.

DW’s filing included a “will say” brief along with RCMP-obtained records. They intended to bring forward testimony from Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jessica Prince, Jane Philpott—precisely the people who confronted pressure in 2018. The expectation was a pre-enquête hearing where a judge would listen to the evidence and decide if there’s a prima facie case. DW supported a judge presiding over it, but then the Crown stayed the whole thing before that hearing could happen.

If that pre-enquête hearing had run, the public might have seen, under oath, exactly what happened behind the scenes in 2018. But instead, it’s locked behind walls, and the Crown says you simply can’t make the case. The problem: Beaudry makes it clear that you don’t need proof of ulterior “deceitful or corrupt motive” beyond the willful act. The Crown’s letter offers virtually no reasoning distinguishing Trudeau’s claimed conduct from what Beaudry rejected in the police officer’s case.

In Beaudry, the Supreme Court refused to let a police officer’s preferential decision-making escape liability just because his motives may have been controversial. Justice Charron’s majority opinion says that once the discretion is improperly exercised, the analysis must move to whether the actus reus and mens rea of s.139(2) are met: the act must tend to obstruct justice, and the accused must have intended to bring about that obstruction, not simply made a poor call.

DW now says Corelli’s stay isn’t grounded in that law. it’s grounded in a dodge. The Crown is once again raising an impossibly high standard. DW is asking Corelli to reverse. They want the pre-enquête to go forward. They demand an independent special prosecutor. They demand full disclosure. Because if Trudeau is allowed to evade scrutiny on mis-applied legal reasoning, you don’t just get impunity for him—you get a blueprint for every powerful figure in Ottawa to dodge accountability.

Monday morning, Canadians should wake up with a choice. They can accept that someone can exert pressure on prosecutions and never face trial, simply because the system shields high office. Or they can demand the standard of law apply equally—no matter whose name is on the letterhead. The law in Beaudry is a guardrail. The Crown ignored it. And that’s not justice—it’s protection for the powerful.

And here’s the truth: this isn’t just about Justin Trudeau. It’s about the entire ecosystem that kept him in power and now props up Mark Carney. Different face, same swamp. Carney is Trudeau’s old economic advisor, a man who floated between the world’s biggest banks and global institutions before landing in Ottawa as the new Liberal leader. That’s not a fresh start—that’s the Laurentian elite re-arming itself, handing the keys to one of its own.

Look at the pattern. Trudeau leaned on his Attorney General to protect SNC-Lavalin. The RCMP dragged its feet and called it a day. Now the Crown shuts down a prosecution before it can even reach a judge. This is not accountability. This is the political class circling the wagons to protect its own. It’s the insiders in Ottawa, the bureaucrats, the prosecutors, the politicians, all acting as if they’re untouchable. And they are—because they control the system that’s supposed to keep them honest.

This is crony corruption in its purest form. It’s the swamp, Canadian-style: Laurentian elites in back rooms making sure nothing ever sticks to them while lecturing the rest of us about “the rule of law.” If Canada wants to be a democracy worth the name, the Crown must overturn this stay and hand the case to a genuinely independent special prosecutor. Until that happens, don’t believe the fairy tale about equal justice. Because under Trudeau, and now under Carney, it’s the same old swamp protecting itself, and the people of this country are left paying the price.

[Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth]

Imagine going to jail because you investigated babies dying under strange circumstance.

That's where we're at in Canada.

[Sam Cooper @scoopercooper]

Stonewalled: RCMP Rejected U.S. Bid to Target Cartel–Indo-Canadian Trucking Routes as Cocaine and Meth Surged North https://t.co/N4z8OBus4X

[Amy Eileen Hamm @preta_6]

It feels like Christmas Eve in Canada except we don’t know if Santa is on the way, or if the Christmas tree will catch fire and burn the house down

[Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth]

Who will you be voting for?

Let's try to get 100,000 votes. Spread this far and wide, including with accounts that you disagree with.

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

If there is anything more Justin Trudeau-esque than calling one's own scandal "a teachable moment" for everyone else, I literally do not know what it is.

[Shawn Stolz @The_Burnsman]

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[FirearmsInCanada @FirearmsInCDA]

The @liberal_party had 9+ years to "build" Canada.

The result: 2nd last in OECD. Mexico is stronger.

Now we're to believe @MarkJCarney will reverse cornerstone Liberal policies and his own Value(s)?
Only until elected.

We see the bait-and-switch plan, and will reject it at the ballot box.

[Rude P @rudEPe]

@vanceinla @CTV_PowerPlay @niknanos Doug ford is a liberal

[Shawn Stolz @The_Burnsman]

@Martyupnorth_2 Didn't we all

[Shaughn.SGT(ret) @PrairieVeteran]

I supported Doug when he first ran. Then he got elected.

Literally within days, he turned full Liberal.

Or is it just me seeing this? 🤭😬😬😬🆘🆘

[Shawn Stolz @The_Burnsman]

@GadSaad As they say you can't fix stupid!!