UPDATED: Partial waiver enough for Wilson-Raybould to tell truth in SNC affair: Trudeau
Wilson-Raybould is scheduled to speak to the House of Commons justice committee Wednesday afternoon, the first time her side of the SNC-Lavalin saga gets a public airing.
On his way into the Liberals' weekly caucus meeting Wednesday, Trudeau said he believes the waiver does what is needed. But she now says she needs those restrictions waived not just for the time when she was attorney general, but also for anything that was said or done after she was shuffled on Jan. 14 to the veterans-affairs post -- including her eventual resignation from cabinet a month later and her presentation to cabinet last week about her reasons for resigning.
"The approach that we are taking in both the ethics committee and the justice committee is looking into the issue of whether or not the AG underwent pressure or inappropriate pressure and she will be able to speak fully," he said. Last week, Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick told the committee that, in his view, everyone in the Prime Minister's Office conducted themselves with "the highest standards of integrity," that no inappropriate pressure was put on Wilson-Raybould and that Trudeau repeatedly assured her the decision on the SNC-Lavalin prosecution was hers alone.
-- A Dec. 18 meeting of Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, and principal secretary, Gerald Butts, with Wilson-Raybould's chief of staff, Jessica Prince. Wernick was not present at that meeting and offered no details.
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