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Over the weekend, Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre spoke with YouTube channel “Northern Perspective” when he called the leadership of the RCMP “despicable” and added that many of the scandals of the Trudeau era “should have involved jail time.” Ben and the panel discuss the implications of his statements.

Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon called on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to apologize in Parliament over comments he made accusing the RCMP of “covering up” for former prime minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair. MacKinnon said Poilievre’s comments called into question the independence of the judiciary and RCMP.

In an interview with Global’s ‘The West Block,’ former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says she will be voting for Conservatives for the first time in her life. Caesar-Chavannes left Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s caucus in 2019, a month after Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned her cabinet position amid the SNC Lavalin affair. Abigail Bimman reports on what...

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Tue, May 10: SNC-Lavalin says it will reimburse Quebec municipalities and agencies an undisclosed amount of money to settle contracts it obtained through fraudulent acts. Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes reports.

Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday that the government’s story “keeps changing” on SNC-Lavalin and urged the government to allow people to testify before the justice committee. He said if the government blocks testimony to the committee, they will use at legal and law enforcement tools at their disposal.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday that it was “good to see” some Liberal MPs calling for investigation into alleged interference in the SNC-Lavalin case but hoped they would not just call for it and actually urge their colleagues to investigate.

Andrew Scheer said Monday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should allow former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to “speak for herself” in the SNC-Lavalin case.

Mon, Feb 11: Liberal MP Wayne Long is calling for an investigation into bombshell allegations published last week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or his officials pressured the former attorney general to cut a deal to save SNC-Lavalin from criminal prosecution. Silas Brown has the latest.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he had asked Justice Minister David Lametti to provide recommendations on whether solicitor-client privilege should be waived which could allow Jody Wilson-Raybould to confirm or deny allegations of interference in the SNC-Lavalin case.

In an address to the Canadian Bar Association in Toronto on Monday, Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti discussed the importance of the AG role, saying “there is a line that cannot be crossed–telling the Attorney General a decision that ought to be– that is interference,” likely referring to the recent LNC-Lavalin allegations.

Andrew Scheer said Tuesday that calling for testimony and investigation into the SNC-Lavalin case is “not partisan” and is something Canadians should be concerned about.

Jody Wilson-Raybould has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, without explaining why. The move closely follows allegations she was pressured by the PMO to intervene in a criminal case involving SNC-Lavalin. Mercedes Stephenson reports.

Many questions remain unanswered over why Jody Wilson-Raybould has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. The main one is whether Wilson-Raybould can address the allegations she was pressured to intervene on a criminal case in favour of SNC-Lavalin. Robin Gill reports.

Jody Wilson-Raybould, veterans affairs minister, resigned from the federal cabinet on Tuesday following allegations of corruption and fraud of SNC-Lavalin.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre criticized the main motion put forth to the Justice committee to study reports on of political interference in the SNC-Lavalin case for not including key players as witnesses in the situation such as former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, Gerald Butts, and Katie Telford.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said on Friday that if the Liberals vote down the idea of a meeting to discuss SNC-Lavalin allegations, it’s quite clear a cover-up is going on.

Prime Minister Trudeau is facing backlash over a report that the PMO asked the former Attorney General to intervene in SNC Lavalin’s ongoing case.

The panel discusses the repercussions of a new report that indicates the PMO may have directed the former Attorney General to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin case.

Liberal MP Marco Mendicino questioned the use of ‘anonymous sources’ by the Globe and Mail in a report this week alleging political interference by the Prime Minister’s Office in the case of SNC-Lavalin.