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Trudeau throws Wilson-Raybould under the SNC-Lavalin bus
Sauce for this post: The Prime Minister spoke in Winnipeg today after the former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced her resignation from the Liberal cabinet.
The resignation comes at a time when Wilson-Raybould is involved in a scandal regarding attempts by the Prime Minister’s Office to pressure her into intervening in a criminal trial against SNC-Lavalin.
This is the first time Trudeau has spoken since taking questions from reporters yesterday while in Vancouver.
“Last night I accepted Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation from cabinet. Frankly I am both surprised and disappointed by her decision to step down,” said the Prime Minister. “This resignation is not consistent with conversations I’ve had with Jody a few weeks ago… nor is it consistent with conversations we’ve had lately.”
Jody Wilson-Raybould was part of a cabinet shuffle earlier in January and was removed from her position as the Attorney General and as the Justice Minister.
“Let me be direct the Government of Canada did its job and to the clear public standards expected of it. If anyone felt differently they had an obligation to raise that with me, no one including Jody did that.”
The Prime Minister has also announced that Minister Harjit Sajjan has replaced Jody Wilson-Raybould as the acting Minister of Veterans Affairs.
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