The Tory leader is demanding the prime minister waive cabinet confidentiality for the former ministers.
Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to speak freely about the matter in the House of Commons, where parliamentary privilege protects members from facing legal action for their words.that aired Sunday, saying that if both ex-ministers feel more needs to be said, they should"put that on the record."
There is"now consensus on both sides of the House that both former ministers should be able to speak freely about their involvement in the SNC-Lavalin affair," he said. While parliamentary privilege protects MPs from"recourse about what they say," Scheer offered, it does not absolve them of the ethical and reputational consequences of breaking oaths without a greenlight from the prime minister.
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