Trudeau acknowledges mistakes over SNC-Lavalin as Scheer calls for RCMP investigation GlobePolitics
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged that mistakes were made in his governments handling of SNC-Lavalin’s request.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged his government made mistakes in its handling of SNC-Lavalin’s request for a settlement on charges of bribery and fraud, but rejected the Conservative Party’s claim that the actions may have been criminal.
On Monday, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer called on the RCMP to “take another look” at the information contained in Mr. Dion’s report.“We know that Justin Trudeau has broken the law. Now we need to know if he has committed a crime,” he said. Speaking later in the day in Quebec City, Mr. Trudeau said his government would do things differently in the future, pointing to recommendations by former Liberal minister Anne McLellan to reform the way federal officials handle communications with the attorney-general.
When asked about Mr. Scheer’s statements, Mr. Trudeau said the Prime Minister’s role is to defend the interests of Canadians and jobs across the country, while protecting the independence of the judicial system and the rule of law.Last week, Ms. Wilson-Raybould said in an e-mail that she was contacted by the Mounties in the spring “regarding matters that first came to the public’s attention on February 7, 2019, in a Globe and Mail article.
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