A fundamental moral principle: You don’t get a s’okay, all forgiven, for a stupendous lapse of judgment.
You don’t get to erase the delinquency only after the conduct breach has become public.
You don’t get to offer a palpably expedient (unsolicited and unaccepted) apology when the wrongdoing is exposed.
And you especially don’t get to do any of that — in an X post at two minutes to midnight, following reports that the RCMP is looking into the matter — when you represent a political party that has been steeped in ethical violations.
