The Trudeau Liberals are hoping the worst of the SNC-Lavalin affair is over, now that former cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been ousted from their party.

The Prime Minister is acknowledging the internal strife within his Liberal government, telling a group of young women that politics is often about reconciling opposite perspectives and differences of opinion.

But about 48 of the young would-be MPs taking part in the Daughters of the Vote event on the floor of the House of Commons didn't want to hear it, turning their backs on the prime minister as he spoke.

Trudeau was addressing 338 young women who are taking part in the program, which encourages young women to get involved in politics, some of whom have already used their social media feeds to register their displeasure with the prime minister.

The move has fuelled accusations that the Liberals have abandoned their 2015 campaign commitments to Indigenous reconciliation and gender equality.

The SNC controversy has engulfed the government for nearly two months following Wilson-Raybould's allegations that as attorney general, she was improperly pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to intervene in criminal proceedings against the Montreal-based engineering giant.

Guest: Alise Mills

Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy

Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya

BC Director, Broadbent Institute

Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver

The Trudeau Liberals are hoping the worst of the SNC-Lavalin affair is over, now that former cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been ousted from their party.


The Prime Minister is acknowledging the internal strife within his Liberal government, telling a group of young women that politics is often about reconciling opposite perspectives and differences of opinion.


But about 48 of the young would-be MPs taking part in the Daughters of the Vote event on the floor of the House of Commons didn't want to hear it, turning their backs on the prime minister as he spoke.


Trudeau was addressing 338 young women who are taking part in the program, which encourages young women to get involved in politics, some of whom have already used their social media feeds to register their displeasure with the prime minister.


The move has fuelled accusations that the Liberals have abandoned their 2015 campaign commitments to Indigenous reconciliation and gender equality.


The SNC controversy has engulfed the government for nearly two months following Wilson-Raybould's allegations that as attorney general, she was improperly pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to intervene in criminal proceedings against the Montreal-based engineering giant.


Guest: Alise Mills


Senior Associate at Sussex Strategy


Guest: Maria Dobrinskaya


BC Director, Broadbent Institute


Former co-chair of Vision Vancouver