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“There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.”

With these words, Treasury Board President, Jane Philpott resigned from Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet this week.

“I have lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised.”

Philpott’s was the third resignation, so far, in the ongoing SNC-Lavalin affair that has shrouded the Prime Minister’s Office in scandal.

The Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, the Clerk of the Privy Council and their staffs have all been accused of pressuring former Attorney General, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to politically interfere in an independent ongoing criminal prosecution. When the former Attorney General refused, she was fired.

Since this scandal began, Justin Trudeau has offered Canadians a myriad of bizarre and wide-ranging excuses – He didn’t direct her; maybe he did but he was trying to protect jobs; Jody was difficult to get along with; Jody didn’t speak French; Scott Brison quit – and distractions – space travel and the Carbon Tax to name two.

For someone who likes to claim transparency and “sunny ways”, Justin Trudeau sure seems to be working hard to keep Canadians in the dark.

As serious as the allegations are, to cover-up is even worse.

Justin Trudeau promised Canadians open and transparent government and he has betrayed yet another promise.

It’s time for Justin Trudeau to talk to Canadians. It’s time he told us the truth.