In a new filing with the Federal Court of Appeal, the government says it's up to Parliament, not the courts, to determine who should be covered by lobbying legislation.
Ottawa-based Democracy Watch challenged the ruling in Federal Court. The group argued Shepherd should have considered that as a board member of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, the spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims was directly and legally connected to the organization bearing his name and was acting as its representative in giving a gift to the prime minister.
In addition, the analysis excluded any consideration of possible compliance issues relating to the foundation, its senior officer or its other registered lobbyists.
Ottawa is not under investigation...JustinTrudeau is the scammer.
More evidence that Trudeau and Ottawa are synonymous... what a democracy we live in under these Liberals
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