Wilson-Raybould refusing to comment on SNC-Lavalin allegations
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Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould says she cannot discuss allegations that she was pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution.
In a statement this morning, Wilson-Raybould says she is bound by solicitor-client privilege and cannot publicly talk about aspects of the case.
The Globe and Mail reported yesterday that Wilson-Raybould was demoted in a cabinet shuffle early last month, because she wouldn't intervene in the case of SNC-Lavalin.
They’re a engineering and construction company in Quebec, which has been charged with bribery and corruption in a bid to secure government business in Libya. They wanted a deal, allowed under the law, to pay reparations rather than be prosecuted.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are calling for an ethics probe into the allegations.
Guest: David Moscrop
Postdoc at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Communication,
Writer for Maclean’s and columnist the Washington Post
Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould says she cannot discuss allegations that she was pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution.
In a statement this morning, Wilson-Raybould says she is bound by solicitor-client privilege and cannot publicly talk about aspects of the case.
The Globe and Mail reported yesterday that Wilson-Raybould was demoted in a cabinet shuffle early last month, because she wouldn't intervene in the case of SNC-Lavalin.
They’re a engineering and construction company in Quebec, which has been charged with bribery and corruption in a bid to secure government business in Libya. They wanted a deal, allowed under the law, to pay reparations rather than be prosecuted.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are calling for an ethics probe into the allegations.
Guest: David Moscrop
Postdoc at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Communication,
Writer for Maclean’s and columnist the Washington Post