This is definitely an unusual scandal, whereas SNC Lavalin was a paint-by-numbers Liberal scandal (and with a few details changed it would have been a classic Conservative scandal). The only surprises were that Justin Trudeau was involved and that SNC Lavelin actually
wrote a bill which they wanted the government to pass.
Canadaland is one of the very small, web-distribution-only journalism outfits which are appearing, they do a mix of investigative reporting and snark about the Ontario media from a nonpartisan lefty perspective. They got ahold of a tape of a call in 2017 where someone at We's Kenyan operations (Free the Children) is
frustrated about trouble making payments to Kenyan officials and about corruption investigations and tells one of the Kielburgers "No. No, because, you know, right now, honestly, if I had a gun, I would shoot the motherportugaler dead, right now. ... Honestly, I could call my guys tonight and take care of this guy. I’m not even joking. He’s not going to jeopardize my life, your life, a lot of people’s lives." The Kielburgers' current line is that the conversation was part of an investigation of the local agent, but they kept him in office for eight months after the call in which he said he was committing "criminal offenses," and it sure sounds like if accountants had a look at their Kenyan operations' books they would have concerns.