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That’s been a common refrain in Justice Committee hearings and on Parliament Hill from those -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ex-aide Gerald Butts and Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick among them -- seeking to justify conversations with former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould regarding the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
about “allegations of political interference” in the criminal prosecution of the Quebec construction and engineering firm in relation to its business activities in Libya. The government has denied that interactions with Ms. Wilson-Raybould were inappropriate or amounted to interference. “We are saying this is not good enough to justify interference with prosecutorial autonomy,” he said in an interview. “This is the decision that the prosecution has to make and the prosecution has to make that decision autonomously.”
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