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RSS FeedsNo `inappropriate pressure´ on Jody Wilson-Raybould in SNC-Lavalin affair, top civil servant says
(The Star Environment)

 
 

22 february 2019 00:56:41

 
No `inappropriate pressure´ on Jody Wilson-Raybould in SNC-Lavalin affair, top civil servant says
(The Star Environment)
 


OTTAWA—Jody Wilson-Raybould was under pressure to make the “right” decision on the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin but at no time did she face undue influence, says Canada’s top civil servant, insisting all discussions with the former attorney general were legal and appropriate.In a remarkable appearance before the justice committee, Michael Wernick, the clerk of the privy council, denied the allegation at the heart of a controversy that has rocked Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government: that Wilson-Raybould was improperly pressured to use a deferred prosecution agreement on the Quebec company.Opposition MPs have charged that Wilson-Raybould’s refusal to bow to that pressure cost her cabinet post as justice minister in a January cabinet shuffle. Wilson-Raybould has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations, but pointedly told the Commons Wednesday that she hopes she has an opportunity to “speak my truth.”Wernick speculated that Wilson-Raybould’s concerns may centre on three meetings held last year — including one where he conveyed “context” about the “consequences” a criminal prosecution of the company might have.He said that Wilson-Raybould likely felt pressure to “get it right” but he bluntly told MPs Thursday that there were no grounds for the suggestions that she was the focus of improper pressure on a court case that has political and economic overtones for the government.“It is my conclusion and my assertion, based on all the information I have, that there was no inappropriate pressure on the minister of justice in this matter,” Wernick said.Still he conceded that impressions of improper influence are subjective and that federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion — who has launched his own probe of the affair — will have to decide whether those interactions crossed the line.Read More: Canada’s top public servant fears ‘somebod ...


 
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