Secret recording by Wilson-Raybould deepens Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s meddling scandal
- Audio released by justice committee backs up explosive allegations by former attorney general about government pressure to shield engineering giant from trial
The House of Commons justice committee, looking into the explosive allegations Trudeau officials pressured attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to shield engineering firm SNC-Lavalin from trial, released the materials from the now former official.
The controversy comes just months before a re-election bid that looks increasingly uncertain for Trudeau, whose progressive, golden boy image was previously been unblemished.
In the 43 pages of documents, Wilson-Raybould tries to link her demotion in January to her resistance to allegedly undue pressure to settle the SNC-Lavalin case – which Trudeau and his staff have denied.
And she hints about why, a month later, she resigned from the cabinet, saying she decided “I would immediately resign if the new attorney general decided to issue a directive in the SNC-Lavalin matter”.