Right, Trudeau dynasty?:
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has twice sought a change of venue for a trial into allegations by a former foundation scholar who says she was sexually harassed by her assigned mentor, pressured to keep it quiet and left unsupported and unbelieved.
A year after Cherry Smiley’s lawsuit was first filed, the Trudeau Foundation has not yet filed a statement of defence but has twice filed motions that the suit be dismissed or denied jurisdiction so it can be heard before a judge in Quebec.
“In my years of litigation, I’ve never had a defendant try so hard to have the action heard in a specific province,” said Smiley’s lawyer, Kathryn Marshall, a partner at Levitt Sheikh LLP in Toronto.
Smiley’s claim was filed in Vancouver in May 2021. In December the foundation asked the court to dismiss it, saying B.C. doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear the case because the foundation is based in Quebec and the incidents allegedly took place in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Not a great place to work, apparently:
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Controversy follows this dynasty wherever it goes.
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