Toronto Sun: Canadian press: OTTAWA
| Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says she came under relentless pressure — including veiled threats — from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his senior staff, the top public servant and the finance minister’s office to halt a criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. And she says she believes she was shuffled out of the prestigious justice portfolio to veterans affairs in January because she refused to give in to it. Wilson-Raybould made the stunning and detailed accusations in testimony Wednesday before the House of Commons justice committee, breaking three weeks of silence on the affair that has rocked the government, prompting her resignation from cabinet and the departure of Trudeau’s most trusted adviser. ... |
| Jody Wilson-Raybould says Justin Trudeau personally and directly pressured her to intervene in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, citing not only jobs but also the Quebec provincial election and his own electoral fortunes as reasons to cut the company a sweetheart deal. In a meeting on Sept. 17, 2018 with the PM and his top civil servant, Michael Wernick, Wilson-Raybould said the two men not only raised the issue of jobs being lost if SNC-Lavalin were to be convicted or leave Montreal, they also pointed to Trudeau’s own political future. “I am an MP in Quebec, the member for Paineau,” Trudeau told Wilson-Raybould. Senior officials in the PM’s office pushed her to give SNC-Lavalin what they wanted because the Liberal Party needed to make sure it was re-elected. “We can have the best policy in the world but we need to get re-elected,” Wilson-Raybould quoted Trudeau’s senior advisor, Mathieu Bouchard, as saying. Wilson-Raybould said she didn’t find discussion about jobs inappropriate but said political discussions crossed the line. ... |
Or to paraphrase, screw the rule of law, these guys own us, the Liberal Party of Canada has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from SNC Lavalin, and there's more cash where that came from.
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