Wilson-Raybould says order permitting her to testify Wednesday ‘falls far short of what is required’ for full disclosure
Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould speaks in the interim House of Commons in the West Block, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Feb. 20, 2019.
Ms. Wilson-Raybould noted she is in fact being restricted from speaking about"communications on topics that some members of the committee have explored with other witnesses and about which there have been public statements by others.” Wednesday will be the first time Ms. Wilson-Raybould has spoken about what transpired behind the scenes since The Globe and Mail reported on Feb. 7 that the Prime Minister’s Office put pressure on her to drop the case against SNC-Lavalin in exchange for fines and an admission of wrongdoing known as a deferred prosecution agreement.Since the Globe report, Ms. Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet, and Gerald Butts stepped down as Mr. Trudeau’s principal secretary.
“It is important that people get an opportunity to testify or share their point of view with the committee. As we said, waiving privilege, waiving cabinet confidentiality is something that we had to take very seriously,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters on his way into a cabinet meeting.
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