Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged that if elected, he would launch an inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin scandal, saying 'it's a cover-up on a historic scale.' Read more here: cdnpoli elxn43
Speaking to supporters in Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s riding of Papineau in Quebec on Thursday morning, Scheer said a new Conservative government would launch a judicial inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin controversy.
On Thursday, Scheer accused the Liberal leader of impeding an RCMP investigation into the scandal by refusing to waive cabinet confidence.Throughout the campaign, Scheer has cited a report published in the Globe and Mail in early September that said the RCMP was examining potential obstruction of justice in the SNC-Lavalin affair, but has been hindered by the federal government’s refusal to waive cabinet confidentially for all witnesses.
To address this matter, Scheer said his party would introduce the “No More Cover Ups Act,” which would allow RCMP to apply to the Supreme Court of Canada to obtain access to evidence protected by cabinet confidence in criminal investigations.A new Conservative government would amend Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act to give RCMP the ability to challenge a certificate of cabinet confidence during criminal probes, including those related to the administration of justice, Scheer said.
Earlier on Thursday, Trudeau was asked how he would earn back the trust of Canadian voters in the aftermath of the SNC-Lavalin affair and the more recent blackface and brownface controversy during a media event in Sudbury, Ont. “One of the things that's really troubling is he [Scheer] hasn’t actually said what he would do with the DPA itself. The root cause of this problem was a deferred prosecution agreement and he hasn't talked about that,” Singh said. “He hasn't talked about independence of ensuring that if a wealthy powerful corporation is charged with a crime, are we going to maintain independence?”
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