Jody Wilson-Raybould accepts invitation to testify on SNC-Lavalin scandal

Feb 27 2019, 5:54 am

Embattled politician Jody Wilson-Raybould is set to testify about the SNC-Lavalin affair on Wednesday.

The announcement comes a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lifted the solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality provisions that prevented her from speaking in front of the House of Commons justice committee.

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The order, which Trudeau says was not issued lightly, is outlined in an Orders in Council decision online. The protections have been lifted on all of Wilson-Raybould’s conversations except ones had with the director of public prosecutions.

The hearings centre around the multi-billion dollar Quebec engineering firm and whether the former attorney general was pressured to drop a criminal prosecution against them.

Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet several days after allegations against the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) emerged, and little more than a month after she was shuffled from the justice office to veterans affairs. She remains a Liberal MP in the Vancouver-Granville riding.

Gerald Butts, a top advisor for Trudeau and long-time friend, also resigned in the wake of the controversy surrounding the PMO and possible interference.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has called for an independent inquiry into the scandal.

DH Vancouver StaffDH Vancouver Staff

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