SNC-Lavalin

Letters to the editor, March 8, 2019: Readers weigh in on the SNC-Lavalin scandal consuming Ottawa, and they disagree completely about who’s right and who’s wrong

Jason Lietaer: The PM gave his opponents a gift today when he could easily have turned the page on the SNC-Lavalin crisis. Here’s what he should have done.

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.

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.

Anne Kingston: When pressed to be personally accountable, the PM has a tendency to transform things into a ’teaching’ moment. It did not work today.

A month into this crisis, the Prime Minister didn’t offer clarity on the key questions, placing a bet that the longer it goes on the less Canadians will care

The PM finally addressed the ongoing crisis in his government, repeatedly and without apology pressing the issue of potential job losses. Read his full statement.

The PM’s former right hand voiced respect and affection for Jody Wilson-Raybould. Then he contradicted her.

Paul Wells: Someone close to the PM finally explained their thinking around this scandal. It revealed a political operation whose judgment was hard to admire.

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.