Trudeau disagrees with Wilson-Raybould’s recounting of SNC-Lavalin events
Posted February 27, 2019 4:39 pm.
Last Updated February 27, 2019 6:40 pm.
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MONTREAL (NEWS 1130) — Following Jody Wilson-Raybould’s explosive testimony on the SNC-Lavalin scandal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is maintaining he hasn’t done anything wrong.
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Ex-attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson Raybould testified earlier Wednesday that she experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people in Trudeau’s government to inappropriately interfere in the matter, including receiving “veiled threats.” She has said it was
Trudeau says the last few weeks have been “difficult because of internal disagreements.” He says he disagrees with Wilson-Raybould’s characterizations of the events, saying he and his staff acted appropriately and professionally.
When asked if he will stand by Wilson-Raybould’s re-election run for MP of the Vancouver-Granville riding, he says he needs to review her testimony.
Scheer calls for Trudeau to resign over SNC-Lavalin affair
Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Justin Trudeau has lost the moral authority to govern and is calling on the prime minister to resign.
Scheer spoke immediately after former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould testified to the House of Commons justice committee on pressure she felt from Trudeau and others to head off a criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.
Wilson-Raybould testified that she withstood four months of attempts to get her to reverse a decision not to make a plea-bargain-type deal with the company.
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Scheer says the Mounties need to open a criminal investigation into what the Liberal government did to help, which faces criminal charges related to allegedly corrupt dealings in Libya.
He says that given what Wilson-Raybould laid out in her testimony, Trudeau can no longer lead the nation.
Scheer says the Liberal cabinet must find a way forward to govern the country without Trudeau, who allowed partisan, political motivations to overrule his duty to uphold the rule of law.
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also said that today’s revelations give more reason for there to be a public inquiry into the matter.
– With files from Sonia Aslam, Marcella Bernardo, Cormac Mac Sweeny
