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Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s former justice minister and attorney general, broke her silence on the SNC-Lavalin scandal in extraordinary fashion Wednesday, pointing her finger at the country’s prime minister, his political and bureaucratic operatives, and the finance minister for applying “inappropriate” pressure on her to help the Quebec engineering giant avoid a criminal trial.
Federal Conservative MPs were gloating on Monday following the resignation of a key advisor and friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the midst of a political crisis.
Gerald Butts, a long-time friend and advisor of Justin Trudeau, has resigned his position in the prime minister's office due to the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
Jody Wilson-Raybould has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet amid allegations his office pressured her to abandon a corruption and fraud prosecution of engineering and construction company SNC-Lavalin.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making the case that he and his former justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, were on the same page last fall as federal prosecutors pursued corruption charges against Quebec engineering giant, SNC-Lavalin. Trudeau's comments came as he was peppered with questions about the unfolding scandal at an event in Vancouver on Monday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says neither he nor his office ever "directed" Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the prosecution of troubled SNC-Lavalin Group, following a report that said his office had pressured her to do so.
Canada's pipeline regulator, the National Energy Board, deleted an email from its server to avoid "undue embarrassment" to employees involved in an incident, says a newly-released report obtained by National Observer.
A Crown attorney has asked a Federal Court judge to dismiss a case raised by an employee at Canada's pipeline regulator, who alleges that someone tampered with his written test for a new job at a different department.
An employee at the National Energy Board who alleges he was a victim of workplace violence has taken the federal government to court, accusing officials of tampering with an exam he wrote when he applied for another public service job.
