On SNC-Lavalin, Conservatives will pursue every course of action to make sure Justin Trudeau and his office are held to account
KAMLOOPS:
“I am deeply disturbed by allegations in the Globe and Mail yesterday, that Justin Trudeau’s office attempted to pressure Jody Wilson-Raybould when she was Canada’s Attorney General, to abandon the criminal prosecution of Quebec engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin”
“I am deeply disturbed by allegations in the Globe and Mail yesterday, that Justin Trudeau’s office attempted to pressure Jody Wilson-Raybould when she was Canada’s Attorney General, to abandon the criminal prosecution of Quebec engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin”
The words
in that statement, were issued by Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for
Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo
“Even more shocking” she continued, “is that the Prime Minister may have fired
her from her role as our country’s first Indigenous Justice Minister and
Attorney General.”
McLeod continued,
“We have recently seen this just south of
our border, where a leader dismissed his Attorney General for defying orders.”
Cathy
McLeod was the first Member of Parliament to raise these allegations in the
House of Commons
yesterday morning, stating:
“Everyone was so proud that the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada was an Indigenous woman. We congratulated her on her amazing success. We are now learning that the government threw her under the bus.”
“Everyone was so proud that the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada was an Indigenous woman. We congratulated her on her amazing success. We are now learning that the government threw her under the bus.”
It’s not the first
time, nor will it be the last Conservatives will accuse the federal Liberal
government, of Justin Trudeau, of participating in ‘political interference’.
Twelve months ago in fact, federal Conservatives, including MP Cathy McLeod, were accusing Justin Trudeau of "political interference".
Back then McLeod, as Conservative Indigenous Affairs
critic commented, "The
tragic death and pain for the family of (Colten Boushie) is unimaginable, and
our thoughts are with his community."
Then, came those same words – political
interference – as she added, "... we need to let the many steps of an
independent judicial process unfold without political interference."
In a
media release late this morning, MP McLeod added, “(we have) called for an emergency meeting of the Justice Committee to
question the Prime Minister’s Office, and other government officials, over
their potential interference in an ongoing criminal prosecution”.
“If Liberals prevent officials from the Prime
Ministers Office from testifying, Conservatives will pursue every course of action
to make sure Justin Trudeau and his office are held to account,” McLeod concluded.
This
story is a long way from being over, and as McLeod stated, “Canadians will be watching carefully to see
if Liberal MPs block the request.”
A request that is tied into and around SNC-Lavalin illegally donating over $100,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada
A request that is tied into and around SNC-Lavalin illegally donating over $100,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada
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