SNC-Lavalin

The former justice minister delivered an extended opening statement to the House of Commons justice committee. Read it here.

The former justice minister broke her silence on the SNC-Lavalin affair when she testified at the House justice committee

Andrew MacDougall: The former AG hasn’t been freed to give her whole truth, but we will get answers about what went wrong and how bad it’ll be for the PM

Andrew MacDougall: If the former AG adds credible colour to the story being told by anonymous sources this week, it will be a devastating day for Trudeau

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?

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

SNC-Lavalin’s arguments found an open audience, and its language in favour of remediation agreements was echoed widely