Former federal Treasury Board president Jane Philpott says there's 'much more to the story' of the SNC-Lavalin affair that should be told.
Liberal MP Jane Philpott, delivers a keynote speech at an International Women's Day event at Ottawa City Hall on Friday, March 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangLast Updated Thursday, March 21, 2019 10:52AM EDT
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."
"My sense is that Canadians would like to know the whole story," Philpott told Maclean's in her first extended interview since her resignation. 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.
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