Norman Case

Okay… this one is a little dry but I’ll try and keep it fluid for y’all.

So back in the Harper days, the government signed a $700 million dollar contract for some ships with Davie Shipbuilding… or wait, one giant fucking ship. Pretty much a floating gas station, so I’ve been told.

Then the Liberals came in and initiated a review of the contract… (think SNC type maneuvering, surely there was a more liberal company out there that could build the ships!), however, the Liberal Government would eventually go ahead with Davie Shipbuilding.

Mark Norman, who was the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (Pretty much #2 in Canada’s military), was suspended and subsequently arrested in March of 2018 for allegedly leaking documents pertaining to the ship contract.

Today, the case was dropped. Hurray!

I actually stand by that hurray, since I have an affinity for whistleblowers or anyone who attempts to keep this giant bureaucratic monster of a system in line. It’s a scary dystopia when we punish those who act in the public’s best interest… (look you either think Ed Snowden is a hero or a traitor, but my question is, why has there been no repercussions for the entities which were illegally spying on its own citizens… these are the questions that haunt me at night 😊)

Okay, so why did they drop the charges?

This case was politically charged from the start on account of the timing and behind the scene grand standing, but with the SNC Lavalin scandal, coupled with the fact that Liberal MP Andrew Leslie announced in a statement this week that he would not seek re-election and would be testifying on Norman’s behalf…

I mean, it’s pretty fucking clear right? Although prosecutors claim there was ABSOLUTELY no politically motivated actions in this case (ha-ha!). If I was a betting man (and I am), my deduction is that the Liberals got spooked by Leslie’s announcement and made a risk/benefit assessment. Then our supposedly separate but so clearly intricately linked judicial and legislative systems capitulated, and, PRESTO – a good man goes free.  

If I’m being 100% with y’all, I don’t even understand the intricacies of this cluster fuck, especially considering the ship was actually built on time and on schedule… which is by all accounts shocking. So, what do we make of this? Fuck, not much. Just be careful if you’re gonna leak stuff cause the government will come for your ass fast… oh and I guess the millions of dollars which was likely wasted on the court proceedings, BRAVO!