He'll be replaced by Ian Shugart, currently the deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding the SNC Lavalin affair, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 6, 2019.
that recent events show him there is no path for a"relationship of mutual trust" if the Conservatives or NDP form the next government.But he has come under fire in the past few weeks after being accused by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould of being among a number of officials, including Trudeau and his senior staff, who pressured her to head off criminal charges for SNC-Lavalin.
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