The prime minister said ‘there would be many jobs lost and SNC would move from Montreal’
Former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould is testifying at a hearing of the House of Commons’ justice committee this afternoon about allegations she was inappropriately pressured to prevent Montreal-based company SNC-Lavalin from being prosecuted in a bribery case. While it has been more than two weeks since the Globe and Mail reported the allegations, this is Wilson-Raybould’s first substantial public statement on the matter.
“I was concerned” that I was being shuffled out of the justice department due to the decision on SNC-Lavalin, but that was “denied” by Trudeau’s then-principal secretary Gerald Butts, said Wilson Raybould, in response to questions from Conservative MP Lisa Raitt. Wilson-Raybould said it is inappropriate for anyone in the government to press, “the Attorney General on things he/she cannot take into account,” such as partisan political concerns.
Wilson-Raybould said she had done her due diligence and was not going to change her mind on the decision to pursue prosecution. Wernick said the company would likely be moving to London, England if they didn’t get strike a deferred prosecution agreement.
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