SNC-Lavalin

Retired Supremes are getting busy in their post-work years—see the SNC-Lavalin case—and it is raising concerns

Emmett Macfarlane: If the decent people implicated by the SNC-Lavalin affair engaged in some self-reflection, Tuesday’s decision would not have been necessary.

’Ultimately the choice that is before you is about what kind of party you want to be a part of, what values it will uphold,’ writes the former attorney general to the Liberal caucus

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.

Andrew MacDougall: If backbench Liberals are operating on blind faith in the PM about the SNC-Lavalin scandal, they are running out of time to pull their heads from the sand

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

Anne Kingston: Enlisting the longtime Liberal party loyalist as a ’change-maker’ offers yet another example of a government losing its optics mojo