Andrew Scheer did his level best on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, to provoke Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into following through on his threat to sue him over allegedly libellous criticism of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Liberals are defending Justin Trudeau's threatened libel suit against Andrew Scheer, arguing that the Conservative leader's editing or deleting online statements proves he knows he's gone too far in criticizing the prime minister's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Canada's Changing Climate Report (CCCR)—released this week by government scientists in consultation with university academics—draws this conclusion in a wide-ranging report. So, what has been the reaction so far?
Export Development Canada is reviewing its decision to provide up to half a billion dollars worth of insurance in 2011 for an SNC-Lavalin contract in Angola after learning of an allegation the company may have won the bid with help from bribes.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got a first-hand glimpse of the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair when he addressed young women staging a mock Parliament in the House of Commons on Wednesday, April 3, 2019: about four dozen of them turned their backs on him while he tried to explain why he had booted Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott out of the Liberal caucus the day before.
Text messages between Jody Wilson-Raybould and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top advisers suggest she initially tried to prevent her move out of the prestigious Justice portfolio by arguing it would send the wrong message to Indigenous Peoples.
"I believed we were going to uphold the highest standards that support the public interest, and not simply make choices to create partisan advantage. As part of committing to this transformative and progressive path, we were also committing to a government and caucus that represented all Canadians"
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has booted former attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and former Treasury Board president Jane Philpott from the Liberal Party of Canada caucus.
Liberal backbenchers and cabinet ministers alike condemned former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould on Monday, April 1, 2019, for surreptitiously recording a phone conversation with the country's top public servant, Michael Wernick.
The Liberals escalated their criticism on Sunday, March 31, 2019, of Jody Wilson-Raybould's decision to secretly record a phone call with the country's top bureaucrat, with a prominent cabinet minister declaring her unease with the former attorney general remaining in caucus.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former attorney general, warned Canada's top civil servant against political interference in a 17-minute phone call last December, less than a month before she was demoted in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet.
The documents, part of a PowerPoint presentation obtained by The Canadian Press, describe something called "Plan B" — what Montreal-based SNC might have to do if it can't convince the government to grant a so-called remediation agreement to avoid criminal proceedings in a fraud and corruption case related to projects in Libya.
The Conservatives are asking for an investigation into leaks of confidential information about Jody Wilson-Raybould's controversial choice for chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada — and the former justice minister is echoing their call for an inquiry.