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Canadians should welcome vigorous debate about public policy issues. Whether it’s sitting at the coffee shop with friends, scrolling through social media or reading the op-ed pages in publications like the Sun, you’re always going to find an ample offering of strong opinions on the issues of the day.

“Issues”. That’s the key word.

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Does Prime Minister Justin Trudeau want us to debate substantive issues though? Or does he just want us to call each other names?

Towards the beginning of the year, the PM made a number of statements about how he was planning to run a clean campaign this election. So much for that.

Ever since Lavscam broke, Trudeau has been fighting with his elbows up to distract, deflect and try (but fail) to turn a page on this continuing scandal.

One of his latest techniques was to threaten Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer with a lawsuit. Trudeau’s lawyer Julian Porter wrote Scheer a letter taking issue with something Scheer said the other week, claiming Jody Wilson-Raybould’s documents and audio file offer “concrete evidence that proves Justin Trudeau led a campaign to politically interfere with SNC-Lavalin’s criminal prosecution.”