Jody Wilson-Raybould

Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott face a showdown with colleagues as MPs stake out positions on their future

Here are the most important — and gripping — moments of a phone call between the former Attorney General and the Clerk of the Privy Council that may come to define the SNC-Lavalin scandal

The former attorney general’s recorded call with Michael Wernick referred to a cabinet decision that the DPA tool would not be used to override the prosecution service

The former attorney general provided new documents to the justice committee, including emails, texts and an explosive 17-minute audio recording. Listen to the recording and read her full submission here.

Paul Wells: Welcome to an offensive on Charter rights—This was the week it became necessary to destroy the village of good government in order to save it.

Tom Parkin: Admit mistakes. Call an inquiry. Ask for forgiveness. This is the only way forward and anyone who is truly loyal to the PM will tell him this.

Philippe Lagassé: If they believe the constitution was undermined, parliamentary privilege offers them the freedom of speech to say so without fear of being prosecuted

Our editorial: A subtle shift appears to be taking place, in which perceptions of the application of political power are changing

Image of the Week (retrospective edition): A photo taken the moment the PM gave Jody Wilson-Raybould her ’dream job’ captured the sense of promise around the new government in 2015. Now it speaks only of loss.

The SNC-Lavalin waters are thoroughly muddied, but if the former AG testified again there are at least three points that now need addressing