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Canada's justice minister and independent prosecutors strongly denied political interference Wednesday in the case of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, in the face of continued accusations by the opposition in the House of Commons.
Loblaw Companies denies that the grant to make their fridges more energy efficient was awarded because of lobbying or preferential treatment, and the lobbyists in question say they never lobbied the government over the program on behalf of the company.
Instead of disappearing, the missing message that senior officials tried to delete mushroomed into a series of controversial stories about the regulator, along with an investigation led by the Office of the Information Commissioner, about whether the National Energy Board broke the law in an effort to hide embarrassing secrets.
The Liberal government plans a $22 million upgrade of the Phoenix pay system’s software that the late auditor general Michael Ferguson warned could pose a “significant risk” and trigger a new wave of pay errors for Canada’s public servants.
Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former attorney general, warned Canada's top civil servant against political interference in a 17-minute phone call last December, less than a month before she was demoted in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet.
The documents, part of a PowerPoint presentation obtained by The Canadian Press, describe something called "Plan B" — what Montreal-based SNC might have to do if it can't convince the government to grant a so-called remediation agreement to avoid criminal proceedings in a fraud and corruption case related to projects in Libya.
When Karl Rove sat down with Preston Manning, it was no surprise that he was asked about the news that U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller had turned in his report into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's top civil servant, Michael Wernick, is retiring, and he's named a replacement. Wernick had been one of the key figures named by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould regarding allegations she had been inappropriately pressured to intervene in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.
Four days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals opened their first session of Parliament with a throne speech in 2015, the federal government entered into a new confidential deal with SNC-Lavalin. To this day, the contents of that deal remain a secret, but what's clear is that it allows the Quebec construction and engineering giant to continue scoring lucrative federal contracts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on Thursday, explaining that there was no inappropriate pressure on his former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, but taking responsibility for an erosion of trust between her and his office over the past few months.
