Re: SNC-Lavalin Scandal

by **Slider** Wed 20 Mar 2019, 8:56 pm

FUREY FACTOR: Budget no distraction from SNC- Lavalin scandal

Toronto Sun
Published on Mar 20, 2019

by Spectrum Thu 21 Mar 2019, 1:45 pm

Voting marathon continues, Philpott breathes fresh life into SNC-Lavalin scandal

The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, March 21, 2019

OTTAWA -- Former federal Treasury Board president Jane Philpott says there's "much more to the story" of the SNC-Lavalin affair that should be told.

In an interview with Maclean's magazine that landed like a bombshell Thursday on Parliament Hill, the ex-minister says she had concerns before the controversy became public in January, but that she has been prevented from discussing them, alleging efforts by the Prime Minister's Office to "shut down the story."

Philpott joined the former attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, in resigning from Justin Trudeau's cabinet last month, following public allegations that Trudeau and others pressured Wilson-Raybould to avert a criminal prosecution of the Montreal engineering firm for alleged corrupt practices in Libya.

"My sense is that Canadians would like to know the whole story," Philpott told Maclean's in her first extended interview since her resignation.

"I believe we actually owe it to Canadians as politicians to ensure that they have the truth. They need to have confidence in the very basic constitutional principle of the independence of the justice system."

Philpott's new public statements are already fanning the flames of a scandal the government is desperate to douse, and which the Opposition Conservatives are doing their best to keep alive. They've forced the House of Commons to sit all night, voting line by line on the Liberal government's spending plans.

The Liberal majority in the House shot down a Conservative motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to let Wilson-Raybould testify more fully about what she experienced through the fall and into the early winter, especially what prompted her to resign from cabinet altogether after she was shuffled from the justice portfolio to Veterans Affairs in January.

The motion was defeated by a vote of 161-134, with both Philpott and Wilson-Raybould absent.

That set the stage for the Conservative-sponsored filibuster that began Wednesday night and continued through Thursday morning.

Since any vote involving government spending is automatically a confidence vote, Liberals were required to be out in force to avoid potential defeat of the government. The voting could theoretically last 36 hours, but the Conservatives have only to keep it going until just after 10 a.m. today to scrub the remainder of the parliamentary day.

A day of committee meetings scheduled for Thursday has already been cancelled.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/voting-marathon-continues-philpott-breathes-fresh-life-into-snc-lavalin-scandal-1.4345382

by Spectrum Thu 21 Mar 2019, 1:58 pm

Celina Caesar-Chavennes is quitting the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent

Your Morning
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Spectrum Thu 21 Mar 2019, 1:59 pm

Jagmeet Singh calls for national public inquiry into Justin Trudeau, SNC-Lavalin affair

Global News
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Spectrum Thu 21 Mar 2019, 2:03 pm

#LavScam has nothing to do with saving jobs

True North
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Spectrum Thu 21 Mar 2019, 2:08 pm

PM Trudeau responds to questions on SNC-Lavalin

CTV News
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Spectrum Thu 21 Mar 2019, 2:14 pm

Much more' to SNC-Lavalin story to be told, says Jane Philpott

CBC News
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by **Alpha** Thu 21 Mar 2019, 5:33 pm

Justin Trudeau has dined out on feminism for long enough: Michelle Rempel

Global News
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by **Trooper** Thu 21 Mar 2019, 6:35 pm

Justin Trudeau, and those who support him in this scandal are all corrupt. Canada has no choice but to vote him out of office! This for the well being of the Country!

by Zodiac Thu 21 Mar 2019, 8:50 pm

BREAKING: Justin Trudeau's Liberal Government may have just lost a confidence vote

MichelleRempel
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Zodiac Thu 21 Mar 2019, 8:52 pm

Paul Wells discusses his interview with Jane Philpott

cpac
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Zodiac Thu 21 Mar 2019, 8:55 pm

What did Jane Philpott say in the Maclean's interview?

cpac
Published on Mar 21, 2019

by Zodiac Thu 21 Mar 2019, 9:05 pm

Power Play: The View from the Hill March 21, 2019

MPs Lisa Raitt, Matt Decourcey and Rachel Blaney shared a sharp exchange over concerns surrounding the ongoing SNC-Lavalin affair.

by Zodiac Thu 21 Mar 2019, 9:06 pm

Power Play: 'We have questions' March 21, 2019

Senator Yuen Pau Woo says many independent senators have questions for the Liberals on the SNC-Lavalin affair.

by Zodiac Thu 21 Mar 2019, 9:09 pm

Power Play: The Last Word March, 2019

Don Martin says Jane Philpott's interview on the SNC-Lavalin scandal is more destructive to Trudeau than Jody Wilson-Raybould's statement.

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