Jody Wilson-Raybould

Anne Kingston: Powerful men repeatedly refused to accept Wilson-Raybould’s authority. This isn’t a ’he said, she said.’ It’s a ’he, he, he-said.’

The firm lobbied hard in Ottawa, but it didn’t get precisely the deferred prosecution regime it hoped for and not everyone was open to its advances

David Moscrop: The Privy Council clerk’s soliloquy—though not objectively wrong—sowed confusion and suspicion of partisanship. Isn’t that what he’s trying to stop?

Stephen Maher: Canada’s top bureaucrat gives the Liberals a new line: Yes Wilson-Raybould was pressured, but no one was acting to pursue corrupt ends

In surprising testimony, Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick denounces reckless talk, defends the government, and declares the Wilson-Raybould affair can be settled ’fairly quickly’

Andrew MacDougall: Every time Justin Trudeau has tried to free himself with a new explanation, Jody Wilson-Raybould has been there to hem him back in

Former principal secretary Butts: ’My reputation is my responsibility and that is for me to defend. It is in the best interests of the office and its important work for me to step away.’

Andrew MacDougall: Sloppy misdirection, anonymous hit jobs. The response to the Lavalin affair shows a PMO that’s scrambling and caught.  

An expert says cabinet confidentiality needn’t stop Trudeau from revealing details around Wilson-Raybould’s exit

A new poll shows that among Canadians who are following the controversy, nearly three quarters think Wilson-Raybould has the most credibility