Michael Wernick

Paul Wells talks to the former clerk of the Privy Council about his advice to Prime Ministers, the time pressures of governing, and political exits

Andrew MacDougall: The government hasn’t ruled on the DPA question, and the company has stopped asking. It could all change in November.

Opinion: The common claim that nothing illegal took place overlooks a multitude of laws, codes and conventions that might apply. Where the evidence is clear, the authorities should charge and prosecute.

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

Andrew MacDougall: The Liberals want Canadians to ‘arrive at a conclusion’. After all the resignations and games, there’s really only one to draw.

Wernick: ‘There is no path for me to have a relationship of mutual trust and respect with the leaders of the Opposition parties’

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

Andrew MacDougall: It’s not just the PM, politicians and staffers who are wearing the SNC-Lavalin affair. The PCO’s judgement is also on the hook.

The clerk of the Privy Council testified in front of a parliamentary committee for the second time in two weeks. Here’s his opening statement.

Trudeau’s longtime confidant and the clerk of the Privy Council will both testify in front of parliamentarians today. Watch it here.

Anne Kingston: Wednesday’s hearing will require that Trudeau’s former principal secretary find a high road heretofore untravelled by the government in its response to the SNC-Lavalin crisis