Politics Insider for March 21: Philpott opens up about her decision to quit cabinet, Morneau fends off the R-word and a UCP landslide in Alberta?
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Awkward: Since the news first broke that the PMO had tried to pressure former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould into helping SNC-Lavalin avoid a fraud and corruption trial, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his advisors, other Liberal MPs and Canada’s top bureaucrat have all cited potential “job losses” and the risk to “9,000 jobs” to explain their interest in the matter.
The R-word: Morneau was also out tamping down suggestions that Canada’s economy could be sliding towards recession, a suggestion that has been put forth by some economists of late: “That would be technically wrong and certainly not in line with our expectations.”
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