The revelation fuelled the notion the government wanted a new justice minister who would be more responsive to calls for a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC-Lavalin
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoted Liberal MP and lawyer David Lametti, seen here on Feb. 26, 2019, to the position of Justice Minister and relegated Jody Wilson-Raybould to Veterans Affairs.One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s priorities after he shuffled his cabinet in January was to discuss the matter of SNC-Lavalin with his new Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, a parliamentary committee has heard.
The revelation by Ms. Wilson-Raybould fuelled the notion that she was moved out of Justice because the government wanted a new minister who would be more responsive to calls for a deferred prosecution agreement for the engineering firm that is facing charges of fraud and corruption. “When you have the demonstration effect of a firing, and the first thing that happens after the demonstration effect of a firing is an issue that is sensitive to government, what is the new minister to take from it?” he said.
If she was removed from her position as attorney-general because of her refusal to give in on SNC-Lavalin, that would send a dangerous signal to all future attorneys-general, Mr. Whyte said. Kenneth Jull, an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and counsel at Gardiner Roberts LLP, said he was disappointed with the way many government officials approached the possibility of entering into a DPA with SNC-Lavalin.
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