Voting marathon: MPs pull overnighter, Trudeau responds to Philpott's latest SNC-Lavalin comments
that has been making waves on Parliament Hill since it was published early Thursday, Philpott said that there is “much more to the story that needs to be told.”
The Conservatives launched the overnight series of confidence votes on budgetary measures as their latest procedural display of outrage over what they consider a prolonged “cover up” of the controversy. At the heart of the affair: allegations from former attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould of attempted political interference in the criminal prosecution of the Quebec engineering giant.
Wilson-Raybould delivered a four-hour testimony on Feb. 27, after Trudeau waived solicitor-client privileges and cabinet confidences so that she and anyone who participated in discussions with her could “address relevant matters.” Wilson-Raybould has said this waiver still limited her, something former top Trudeau adviser Gerald Butts disputed when he testified.
Particularly the opposition have been keen to hear more about the series of events that unfolded after Wilson-Raybould was shuffled into veterans affairs. Wilson-Raybould left that portfolio in the early days of this scandal, and there’s since been two federal cabinet shuffles to readjust Trudeau’s front bench following her and Philpott’s high-profile departures.
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