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| Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod |
Ottawa – Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo,
today reiterated Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s demand that Justin Trudeau
resign amid the SNC-Lavalin affair.
“Canadians
were shocked to hear the explosive testimony of former Attorney General Jody
Wilson-Raybould on the SNC-Lavalin affair,” said McLeod. “It’s clear there was inappropriate – and
potentially illegal – pressure brought on her by the highest officials in
Justin Trudeau’s government, all in a bid to let a Liberal-connected
corporation off the hook on corruption charges.”
Media began reporting in early February
that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) pressured Justice Minister and Attorney
General, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to intervene in the criminal prosecution of
Montreal engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
At the Justice Committee, Ms.
Wilson-Raybould said, “… I experienced a
consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to
politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as
the Attorney General of Canada in an inappropriate effort to secure a deferred
prosecution agreement with SNC-Lavalin.”
Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s testimony tells
the story of a Prime Minister who has lost the moral authority to govern. A
Prime Minister who allows his partisan political motivations to overrule his
duty to uphold the law. A Prime Minister who has allowed a systemic culture of
corruption to take root in his office.
“Canada’s
Conservatives are calling on Justin Trudeau to resign.” said McLeod. “Further, the RCMP must immediately open an
investigation into the numerous examples of obstruction of justice that was
detailed in the testimony.”
Canada should be a country where we are
all equal under the law. Where nobody – regardless of wealth, status or
political connections - is above the law. Canada’s Conservatives believe we can
be that country again.
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