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RSS FeedsConservatives urge Liberals to `do the right thing´ and allow an inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin controversy
(The Star Food)

 
 

13 february 2019 18:58:25

 
Conservatives urge Liberals to `do the right thing´ and allow an inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin controversy
(The Star Food)
 


OTTAWA—Conservative MPs are turning up the pressure on Justin Trudeau’s Liberals to “do the right thing” and allow a parliamentary investigation into whether his senior aides pressured former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to cut a deal to allow SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution.Speaking ahead of an afternoon meeting of the Commons’ justice committee, Deputy Conservative Leader Lisa Raitt said that Wilson-Raybould’s surprise resignation from cabinet on Tuesday underscores the need for an investigation into the affair.“This matter strikes at the heart of the rule of law,” Raitt told reporters on Parliament Hill.“Canadians want answers and we’re going to find the best avenue to find the answers,” she said.Conservative and NDP MPs want the committee to hold hearings into the allegations that broke last week that officials in Trudeau’s office pressured Wilson-Raybould to mediate a deal with SNC-Lavalin instead of pursuing criminal charges that could prove financially crippling for the Quebec company.The opposition MPs want to summon nine people as witnesses, including Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff; Gerald Butts, his principal secretary; Justice Minister David Lametti; Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick; and Wilson-Raybould.Read more:Opinion | Tanya Talaga: Is the SNC-Lavalin scandal’s biggest victim Trudeau’s relationship with Indigenous people?‘Revolving door’ of ministers in the veterans affairs department causing worryOpinion | Susan Delacourt: Time to break the silence that has defined the relationship between Trudeau and Wilson-RaybouldBut the five Liberal MPs hold the majority on the committee and can block the motion. A senior government official told the Star on the weekend that the Liberals would not agree to go ahead with the parliamentary inquiry. But Wilson-Raybould’s resignation may have changed the dynamic as the Lib ...


 
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