David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks the lawyer lady is trying to protect her butt from litigation while attempting to become a big wheel within the Liberal Party However she forgot about my lawsuit N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/wilson-raybould-says-she-faced-pressure.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-raybould-testifies-justice-committee-1.5035219
Wilson-Raybould says she faced pressure, 'veiled threats' on SNC-Lavalin; Scheer calls on PM to resign
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Derek Hartley
Derek Hartley
Boomers Suck
Guy Pritchie
@Derek Hartley edit that to say anyone who still votes for trudeau
Derek Hartley
@Guy Pritchie lol you cute Guy
Derek Hartley
@Guy Pritchie Can't edit :(
David Amos
@Derek Hartley Now play nice kid I resemble that remark
Wendy Wicks
Justin is our AOC. What kind
of government runs on a Disney platform and then expects after almost 4
years of his "drama" he would be credible. This is just icing on the
cake. I hope it chokes him.
David Amos
@Wendy Wicks Please check my work
David Amos
Methinks truth is stranger than fiction and anyone can easily Google "David Amos Federal Court file No.T-1557-15" in order to sort out the truth from fiction for themselves. Its blatantly obvious that Mr Trudeau had a duty to talk to Harper's Minister of justice and Peter MacKay and had them pay particular attention to info found within statement 83 of my lawsuit long before the election in October of 2015
Everybody knows why I am about to put the aforementioned matter before the Supreme Court and file several more lawsuits in the Federal Court against the RCMP and the CRA etc and also run for a seat in Parliament again N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Methinks folks should try
thinking outside of the box sometime and consider the Independent
candidates if they are lucky enough to have any on their ballot this
October N'esy Pas?
Chris Harris
Meanwhile, a gaggle of
journalists are scratching their heads trying to write op eds is support
of Trudeau, at Katie Telford's command.
Wendy Wicks
@Chris Harris
CBC has plenty that will do it.
CBC has plenty that will do it.
David Amos
@Wendy Wicks YUP
Brian Land
Andrew Scheer is ridiculous. I
have voted for all parties but will not vote for a conservative
government lead by Andrew Scheer. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made more
sense in his response and Scheer thinks that Canada is going to simply
hand him the Prime Ministers seat. His desperate comments swing my vote
back to Liberal or NDP.
Peter Bolivar
@Brian Land
One can refuse a ballot as a protest against bad options we are being given.
One can refuse a ballot as a protest against bad options we are being given.
Denis Fis
@Peter Bolivar: I agree, but I wish there was a place on the ballot saying you refuse all candidates.
Peter Bolivar
@Denis Fis
If you refuse a ballot, it gets registers as such, indicating that you refused to vote for anyone.
That is not the same as spoiling a ballot. Spoiling a ballot can mean the same, or that someone didn't know how to vote and selected two people, or couldn't figure out how to mark only within the box, etc.
Refusing a ballot does exactly what I suggested here - refuse all candidates.
If someone doesn't have a party they support, one has to decide if strategic voting to avoid a party they dislike the most from getting power, or telling all the parties one thinks they all suck is more important.
If you refuse a ballot, it gets registers as such, indicating that you refused to vote for anyone.
That is not the same as spoiling a ballot. Spoiling a ballot can mean the same, or that someone didn't know how to vote and selected two people, or couldn't figure out how to mark only within the box, etc.
Refusing a ballot does exactly what I suggested here - refuse all candidates.
If someone doesn't have a party they support, one has to decide if strategic voting to avoid a party they dislike the most from getting power, or telling all the parties one thinks they all suck is more important.
Guy Pritchie
@Brian Land Um, NDP is as
corrupt as they come. Please dont be that silly. Andrea Horwath used
taxpayer money to fund her wardrobe. Please note she spent 60k on her
clothes and shoes from high end shops in toronto. Look it up and dig for
it. She was exposed. She classified it as office supplies and spent
more than most canadians make in a year on frivolous shoes and clothes.
That is not who I want in charge of my money.
Wendy Wicks
@Brian Land
Because the Liberals made sense in the last 4 or 5 years? Unbelievable.
Because the Liberals made sense in the last 4 or 5 years? Unbelievable.
David Amos
@Wendy Wicks I wholeheartedly agree
Jeffery Kim
Mrs. Jody is behaving as a
lawyer and not a politician and she should not be in politics at all.
PM Justin Trudeau is behaving as a politician which this is the normal
behaviour. PM Justin Trudeau represents/protects his constituents and
his country. In SNC-Lavalin case, PM Trudeau and his gov. are trying to
protect jobs in Canada and nothing more. This case must be judged
carefully because it can break up the unity of Canada between French
Quebec (where SNC-Lavalin based) and the rest of English provinces.
Quebec premier has already warned us on this case.
Nick Salva
@Jeffery Kim She was acting as the government's lawyer she had no choice but follow the law, as in the DPA.
Wendy Wicks
@Jeffery Kim
You omitted the part about obstrution of Justice though which is a crime in itself.
You omitted the part about obstrution of Justice though which is a crime in itself.
Robert McMahon
@Jeffery Kim
I cant believe the garbage that some people are posting here.
RUBBISH RUBBISH, sounds so sopisticated , but it is still first class RUBBISH.
But what has all this got to do with the price of bananas???
I cant believe the garbage that some people are posting here.
RUBBISH RUBBISH, sounds so sopisticated , but it is still first class RUBBISH.
But what has all this got to do with the price of bananas???
David Amos
@Wendy Wicks "You omitted the part about obstrution of Justice though which is a crime in itself."
Oh So True
Oh So True
Robert McMahon
Jody Wilson- Raybould is 100% believable, I am sorry to say Mr Trudeau is not.
The old saying is true in this case "Where there is smoke there is usually fire".
I believe this is the beginning of the end for the Trudeau Liberals, I do not understand how anyone in would consider voting for the Liberals after sooooooo many debaucles in the past while.
The PM should do the only honorable thing and resign .
Jody Wilson-Raybould should run for leader of the Liberal Party, then and only then will there be someone at the helm of a sinking ship that might, just might guide the ship away from the rocks.
As I heard someone on the radio yesterday state all this sounds like a version Canada"s "HOUSE OF CARDS". A house built on sand will not stand.
The old saying is true in this case "Where there is smoke there is usually fire".
I believe this is the beginning of the end for the Trudeau Liberals, I do not understand how anyone in would consider voting for the Liberals after sooooooo many debaucles in the past while.
The PM should do the only honorable thing and resign .
Jody Wilson-Raybould should run for leader of the Liberal Party, then and only then will there be someone at the helm of a sinking ship that might, just might guide the ship away from the rocks.
As I heard someone on the radio yesterday state all this sounds like a version Canada"s "HOUSE OF CARDS". A house built on sand will not stand.
Wendy Wicks
@Robert McMahon
Trudeau is A-OK with a finance minister that did not declare all his properties. We know he's just a con-man in a suit.
Trudeau is A-OK with a finance minister that did not declare all his properties. We know he's just a con-man in a suit.
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David Amos
@Wendy Wicks YUP
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David Amos
Trust that Gerald Butts, Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer, Maxime Bernier, Elizabeth May and everyone else who sits in opposition know that Jody Wilson-Raybould may have lost her mandate as Justice Minister because of her failings in Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal within my lawsuit against the Crown that was filed when Harper was the Prime Minister and Mr Scheer was the Speaker. Need I say that it irritated me big time when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench of Federal Court not long after I argued their minions in the Federal Court of Appeal?
Methinks anyone can check my work by simply Googling two names "Jody Wilson-Raybould David Raymond Amos" before she speaks her truth tomorrow N'esy Pas?
Bill Luchak
@David Amos Gerald Butts resigned, and hid.
David Amos
@Bill Luchak Google David Amos Gerald Butts to see why
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David Green
At the end of the day, I'd
still prefer– and will vote for– a meddling Trudeau over an 'honest'
Scheer. He can attempt to distance himself all he wants from Harper, but
they're still the same gang of intolerant, racist, anti-feminist,
anti-native, anti-Maritimes, Conservative Christian bigots they were
under Harper.
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David Amos
@David Green Methinks folks should try thinking outside of the box sometime and consider the Independent candidates N'esy Pas?
David Green
Corruption and bribes are
simply the way of doing business in Quebec, it always has been. Ask
anyone who lives there. That's why the inquiry a couple of years ago
about Mob influence in the provincial and municipal governments was such
a comedy fest...as though this was news to anybody.
Bob Ols
@David Green
But why are we being asked to accept it? The only way to change bad behaviour is to punish it.
But why are we being asked to accept it? The only way to change bad behaviour is to punish it.
Robert McMahon
@David Green
It is NEVER right to do wrong in order to do a "so called" right.
Just because bad people do bad things does not mean we should all join them.
Jody Wilson-Raybould is a refreshing breeze blowing across this land, maybe it will get rid of the foul smell eminating from a certain segment of our society.
It is NEVER right to do wrong in order to do a "so called" right.
Just because bad people do bad things does not mean we should all join them.
Jody Wilson-Raybould is a refreshing breeze blowing across this land, maybe it will get rid of the foul smell eminating from a certain segment of our society.
David Amos
@David Green "That's why the
inquiry a couple of years ago about Mob influence in the provincial and
municipal governments was such a comedy"
Methinks you and many other folks may enjoy Googling "David Amos wiretap" N'esy Pas?
Methinks you and many other folks may enjoy Googling "David Amos wiretap" N'esy Pas?
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David Amos
@David Green "At the end of
the day, I'd still prefer– and will vote for– a meddling Trudeau over an
'honest' Scheer. He can attempt to distance himself all he wants from
Harper, but they're still the same gang of intolerant, racist,
anti-feminist, anti-native, anti-Maritimes, Conservative Christian
bigots they were under Harper."
Methinks folks should try thinking outside of the box sometime and consider the Independent candidates N'esy Pas?
Methinks folks should try thinking outside of the box sometime and consider the Independent candidates N'esy Pas?
David Green
@Robert McMahon Oh, no
question Trudeau was wrong to do what he did, and I completely agree
with your opinion of JRT. I'm just saying despite that I'll still take
Trudeau and the Liberals over Scheer and the Conservatives regardless.
Peter Bota
Tick tock tick tock clocks counting down till the demise of the Trudeau regime.
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Your clock must be huge to count down to 2023"
Methinks you should in your clock back and review my replies to you for the last month or so N'esy Pas?
Methinks you should in your clock back and review my replies to you for the last month or so N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Troy Mann "The rest is all
about Jody being irritated, same irritation that has lead her to having 4
chief of staffs in less than 3 years..."
Methinks everybody knows how irritated I was when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench in Federal Court right after I argued their minions again in Fredericton on May 24th, 2018 N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody knows how irritated I was when Jody appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench in Federal Court right after I argued their minions again in Fredericton on May 24th, 2018 N'esy Pas?
Karen King
@Troy Mann
agreed a disgruntled employee vs employer all tried in public opinion...who to believe...the head of the privy council or Jody....I think the truth is somewhere in the middle....Bottom line no laws were broken, nor was she asked to break any laws so Sheer is going overboard and not helping the situation...his reaction to all of this does not bode well for the cons either....
agreed a disgruntled employee vs employer all tried in public opinion...who to believe...the head of the privy council or Jody....I think the truth is somewhere in the middle....Bottom line no laws were broken, nor was she asked to break any laws so Sheer is going overboard and not helping the situation...his reaction to all of this does not bode well for the cons either....
Edward (E) Merij
"... corporation faced a 10-year ban on bidding on government ..."
Faced?
No, they still face it.
The Libya bribery charges still stand (since SNC did NOT get the DPA, and Lametti would look pretty bad if he tried to push for it now).
The prosecution of Lavalin's top official must now go ahead.
Faced?
No, they still face it.
The Libya bribery charges still stand (since SNC did NOT get the DPA, and Lametti would look pretty bad if he tried to push for it now).
The prosecution of Lavalin's top official must now go ahead.
David Amos
@Troy Mann Methinks the cat has your tongue as usual N'esy Pas?
James Millican
Who can believe a word Trudeau says? He has lost all credibility.
Jimmy Moore
@Troy Mann 9000 Jobs in
Quebec don't matter if it means we give up rule of law, and don't say no
laws were broken, that's JWR's personal opinion, there could be a lot
more that comes to light and could involve criminal investigation. The
Liberals are done and so is Trudeau, even their own base has abandoned
them.
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Disagree all you want but you know I am stating fact"
Methinks you an stroll own to Federal Court in Fredericton an ask for my file in order to verify all the facts that I have been telling you for quite some time N'esy Pas?
Methinks you an stroll own to Federal Court in Fredericton an ask for my file in order to verify all the facts that I have been telling you for quite some time N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Jimmy Moore "9000 Jobs in
Quebec don't matter if it means we give up rule of law, and don't say no
laws were broken, that's JWR's personal opinion"
Methinks your replies to me yesterday easily prove that is your personal opinion too N'esy Pas?
Methinks your replies to me yesterday easily prove that is your personal opinion too N'esy Pas?
Daryl McBride
Who to believe?
Trudeau the first PM ever to break ethics law or the MP who got thrown under the bus.
Trudeau the first PM ever to break ethics law or the MP who got thrown under the bus.
Jimmy Moore
@Troy Mann SNC-Lavalin jobs don't matter at all if it means Canadians have to give
up the rule of law. The law is clear, economic factors including jobs
being lost are not a consideration in a DPA for this circumstance. A
DPA would technically be illegal under the guidelines, Besides why are
9000 jobs in Quebec worth more than the 250 000 we have seen lost over
the oil sands. Here's the Reality, SNC will likely be convicted and
will not be eligible for any government contract for at least ten years,
and thats the minimum of what they deserve for over 130 million dollars
in bribes to Lybian Officials
David Amos
@Jimmy Moore "You were banned
because all you do David is complain and make trouble, file false legal
cases, its to a point you probably aren't even allowed to file cases
anymore. As a political candidate i am sorry but you have little to no
actual credibility."
Methinks you and Mr Mann are well aware that I have been arguing Jody Wilson-Raybould in Federal Court the instant Trudeau appointed her to be the Attorney General N'esy Pas?
Methinks you and Mr Mann are well aware that I have been arguing Jody Wilson-Raybould in Federal Court the instant Trudeau appointed her to be the Attorney General N'esy Pas?
Henry Wysmulek
The latest public opinion poll from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute shows;
Conservatives 38%
liberals 31%
NDP 14%
Conservatives 38%
liberals 31%
NDP 14%
Jimmy Moore
@Shawn McShane yup over 100k to liberals illegally
David Amos
@Jimmy Moore "yup over 100k to liberals illegally"
Methinks you and Mr McShane should finally read Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas?
Methinks you and Mr McShane should finally read Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas?
Daryl McBride
Trudeau's credibility has
taken a big hit and it is being reflected in the polls. Take Nanos, the
Liberal party donor out of the picture and it really looks bad for
Trudeau.
Arthur Gill
@Danny Tanker
"Look at the date, right smack in the middle of the whole affair."
You might want to look a little deeper into that Nanos poll which as you indicated is a 4 week rolling average.
In the previous 4 weeks the liberals averaged 38% so to drop to 36% in one week means that last week the liberal support dropped to 30% in that week.
Do the math.
"Look at the date, right smack in the middle of the whole affair."
You might want to look a little deeper into that Nanos poll which as you indicated is a 4 week rolling average.
In the previous 4 weeks the liberals averaged 38% so to drop to 36% in one week means that last week the liberal support dropped to 30% in that week.
Do the math.
David Amos
@Daryl McBride "Trudeau's credibility has taken a big hit"
Methinks that is an understatement N'esy Pas?
Methinks that is an understatement N'esy Pas?
Ken Adams
If Gerald did nothing wrong, then why the resignation?
David Amos
@Ken Adams "If Gerald did nothing wrong, then why the resignation?"
Methinks everybody has been wondering about that simple fact N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody has been wondering about that simple fact N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Tracy Mann "GB is a sly one a knows when to abandon a sinking ship"
Methinks the same can be said of you N'esy Pas?.
Methinks the same can be said of you N'esy Pas?.
Carl Street
Trudeau will do anything to stay in power, not to the betterment of Canadians, but to line the pockets of Liberals
Ross Culbert
@David Semple Let's see how
long this one lasts before someone flags a perfectly valid, non racist
post. Keep increasing immigration levels at the behest of corporations
and this is what you get. Flat wages.
Oh, yeah, it's racist to discuss this now.
Oh, yeah, it's racist to discuss this now.
David Amos
@Troy Mann "Lowest unemployment rate in 40 years so apparently all canadians are liberals"
Speak for yourself
Speak for yourself
Mike Scott
Unprecedented step??? I guess except for the time Martin did it and Harper did it. This PM is so full of it.
Rick Poulter
@Mike Scott
If this was under Harper's regime, the Minister of Justice would have expected to be told what exactly to do with SNC-Lavalin and have it done immediately.
If this was under Harper's regime, the Minister of Justice would have expected to be told what exactly to do with SNC-Lavalin and have it done immediately.
David Amos
@Ewan Cameron "to elaborate
Troy? What was the crime? Which court was he tried and convicted in, and
when? What was the sentence?"
Remember Federal Court File no T-1557-15 ??? If not ask Mr Mann to check out the hard copy in the docket of the court in his town
Remember Federal Court File no T-1557-15 ??? If not ask Mr Mann to check out the hard copy in the docket of the court in his town
gary Shortell
Doug Allan
@steve wilson
Unprecedented just means no other PM has tried to compromise their Attorney General and been forced to partially waive attorney client privilege.
Unprecedented just means no other PM has tried to compromise their Attorney General and been forced to partially waive attorney client privilege.
David Amos
@gary Shortell "This restricted testimony today will be the liberal version of transparency."
If you wish to know more simply Google two names Jody Wilson-Raybould and David Amos
If you wish to know more simply Google two names Jody Wilson-Raybould and David Amos
Cameron Kernick
Yes everybody else can make
statements about her demotion and resignation except her. Got it Mr. PM
we know what you are scared of.
Ross Culbert
@Awistoyus Nahasthay Oh man, the Liberals are going to destroyed in October. So sad.
David Amos
@Awistoyus Nahasthay "Why is that so hard to comprehend?"
Methinks the lawyer lady is trying to protect her butt from litigation while attempting to become a big wheel within the Liberal Party However she forgot about my lawsuit N'esy Pas?
Methinks the lawyer lady is trying to protect her butt from litigation while attempting to become a big wheel within the Liberal Party However she forgot about my lawsuit N'esy Pas?
Wilson-Raybould says she faced pressure, 'veiled threats' on SNC-Lavalin; Scheer calls on PM to resign
Conservative leader says powerful politicans should not try to overrule court proceedings
Jody Wilson-Raybould says she faced intense political pressure and veiled threats related to the SNC-Lavalin affair, and was warned directly by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the negative consequences if the company faced prosecution.
It was a day of high political drama, as the former justice minister and attorney general accused top Liberal government officials of inappropriate, excessive political interference in an independent criminal prosecution, and the opposition parties called for Trudeau's resignation and a public inquiry into the scandal.
Testifying at the Commons justice committee Wednesday, Wilson-Raybould said she was contacted by 11 officials in the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office and Finance Minister Bill Morneau's office while she was justice minister and attorney general about the Quebec-based engineering and construction company. SNC-Lavalin was facing corruption charges for contracts in Libya and was lobbying for a remediation agreement as an alternative to criminal prosecution.
"For a period of four months from September to December 2018, I experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of Canada in an inappropriate effort to secure a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with SNC-Lavalin."
Wilson-Raybould said she was "hounded" by various officials through phone calls, meetings and text messages.
'Veiled threats'
"Within these conversations there were express statements regarding the necessity of interfering in the SNC-Lavalin matter, the potential of consequences, and veiled threats if a DPA was not made available to SNC-Lavalin," she said.
CBC News
Jody Wilson-Raybould says she experienced 'sustained pressure' on SNC Lavalin
"I experienced a
consistent and sustained effort by many people within the gov't to seek
to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion..." 1
The corporation faced a 10-year ban on bidding on government contracts if convicted of the criminal charges of bribery.
Wilson-Raybould chronicled a series of meetings, including one with Trudeau and Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick on Sept. 17, 2018. She told him that she had made a decision not to overturn the decision from the director of the Public Prosecution Service Kathleen Roussel to proceed with criminal prosecution against SNC-Lavalin.
"At that point, the prime minister jumped in, stressing that there is an election in Quebec, and that 'I am an MP in Quebec, the MP for Papineau,'" she recounted. 'I was quite taken aback."
PM needed a 'solution'
At that point, Wilson-Raybould said, she posed a direct question to Trudeau while looking him straight in the eye, asking if he was politically interfering with her role and her decision as the attorney general.
"I would strongly advise against it," she told the committee she warned Trudeau, who responded, "No, no, no, we just need to find a solution."
Politics News
Scheer and Singh on Wilson-Raybould's testimony
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speech to reporters after Jody Wilson Raybould's testimony 0:48
"I was sickened and appalled by [Wilson-Raybould's] story of inappropriate and, frankly, borderline illegal pressure brought to bear on her by the highest levels of Justin Trudeau's government," he said.
Trudeau refuted Wilson-Raybould's account and dismissed the call for him to step down.
"I strongly maintain, as I have from the beginning, that I and my staff always acted appropriately and professionally," he said during an event in Montreal late Wednesday. "And therefore I completely disagree with the characterization of the former attorney general about these events."
Still in caucus — for now
Trudeau said it's premature to determine Wilson-Raybould's status in the Liberal caucus.
"I haven't yet had the opportunity to review her entire testimony. I will do that before making any further decision," he said.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Trudeau may well have to resign, but right now he's pressing to get to the bottom of the scandal.
"At this point, Canadians demand some answers that they have, and the only way to get to the bottom of this is a public inquiry that would have the independence to assess the truth," he said.
Singh called Wednesday's testimony "explosive" and "incredibly damaging."
Wilson-Raybould, who is still in the Liberal caucus, testified for nearly four hours as the key witness for the Commons justice committee in a packed room on Parliament Hill. In an unusual reversal of roles, opposition Conservative and NDP MPs praised the Liberal MP for speaking truthfully and having the courage to speak out while she was asked pointed and at times uncomfortable questions from her fellow Liberal MPs.
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Trudeau on Wilson-Raybould's testimony
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to reporters in Montreal after Wilson-Raybould's testimony 0:57
She told the committee that Prince told Bouchard this would be perceived as interference and the attorney general questioning Roussel's decision.
"Mathieu said that if — six months from the election — SNC announces they are moving their headquarters out of Canada, that is bad. He said, 'We can have the best policy in the world, but we need to be re-elected,'" Wilson-Raybould testified.
On Dec. 5, 2018, she met with Gerry Butts, the prime minister's then-principal secretary, to discuss issues including SNC-Lavalin and the "barrage" of people hounding her and her staff.
'We need a solution'
"Towards the end of the meeting I raised how I needed everyone to stop talking to me about SNC as I had made up my mind and the engagements were inappropriate. Gerry then took over the conversation and said how we need a solution on the SNC stuff — he said I needed to find a solution," she said.
Wilson-Raybould said the pressure escalated later that month with contacts from PMO officials. Butts and Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford "summoned" Prince to a Dec. 18 meeting, saying the situation was getting worse and that they felt she wasn't doing anything about it.
According to Wilson-Raybould's testimony, Telford suggested they could line up people to write op-eds to say what she was doing was "proper."
The next day, Wilson-Raybould met with Wernick. She said the clerk conveyed that the prime minister was "quite determined, quite firm," and wanted to know why the DPA route wasn't being pursued.
"He said, 'I think he is gonna find a way to get it done one way or another. So he is in that kinda mood and I wanted you to be aware of that,'" Wilson-Raybould testified.
Wernick testified last week that he warned Wilson-Raybould about the economic "consequences" of prosecuting SNC-Lavalin, including heavy job losses, but insisted there was never any "inappropriate pressure" put on her to override the prosecution service's decision. The clerk also told her that the prime minister and others in the government were "anxious" about the impact of prosecution.
Confidence in PM?
Repeatedly asked by Liberal MPs why she would have remained in cabinet when she felt inappropriate pressure, Wilson-Raybould explained that she took the prime minister at his word, retained confidence in him, and decided to stay at the cabinet table as veterans affairs minister after the shuffle Jan. 14.
She said she had "serious concerns" that the government would enter into a DPA if she were no longer attorney general, and said she would have quit if that happened.
Wilson-Raybould offered few details on why she ultimately left.
"I resigned from cabinet because I did not have confidence to sit around the cabinet table, that's why I resigned," she said.
She declined to explain why she quit cabinet or disclose details of her conversations with the prime minister prior to her resignation. But she described experiencing "heightened anxiety" as she waited for the "other shoe to drop."
A week before the cabinet shuffle, she said she received a call from Trudeau advising her she was being moved from the justice portfolio.
"I will not go into details of this call, or subsequent communications about the shuffle, but I will say that I stated I believed the reason was because of the SNC matter. They denied this to be the case."
Asked if she still has confidence in the prime minister, Wilson-Raybould said the question was not relevant to the hearings.
CBC News
Wilson-Raybould says PM said 'I am an MP in Quebec.'
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"Are you politically
interfering with my role as the attorney general," Wilson-Raybould says
she asked Trudeau. "I would strongly advise against it." 1:15
"In my opinion, it's not illegal. It is very inappropriate depending on the context of the comments made, the nature of the pressure, the specific issues that are raised," she said. "It is incredibly inappropriate and is an attempt to compromise, or to impose upon an independent attorney general."
CBC News
Wilson-Raybould on 'what is not appropriate'
“What is not appropriate
is pressing the attorney general on matters that she or he cannot take
into account such as partisan political considerations …” 1:10
Wilson-Raybould wrote to the committee chair, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, late Tuesday to say the parameters outlined in Monday's waiver would not allow her to speak freely on issues related to her resignation from cabinet or her time as veterans affairs minister.
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