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A Toronto lawyer returning home with his computer and mobile phone had them seized when he refused to give Canadian border agents his passwords. As Sean O’Shea reports, Nick Wright says he would not unlock the devices because of solicitor-client privilege and clients’ documents on the encrypted devices.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, arrived at a New York court on Thursday to hear how lawyers are preparing to review large amounts of data for attorney-client privilege after the April 9 raids of his properties.

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.

Conservative MP Michael Cooper said when calling for the vote, “we’ll know whose on the side of getting answers and who wants a cover-up.” The motion was defeated.

Conservative MP Michael Cooper said when calling for the vote, “we’ll know whose on the side of getting answers and who wants a cover-up.” The motion was defeated.

Solicitor client privilege is holding Jody Wilson-Raybould back from speaking to allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office tried to interfere in SNC-Lavalin’s criminal case. Global National’s Dawna Friesen talks to the University of Ottawa’s Jennifer Quaid about some legal questions surrounding this case.

U.S. President Donald Trump continued his tirade Tuesday against the FBI’s raid of lawyer Michael Cohen’s office on Monday, tweeting “attorney-client privilege is dead” and that it was a “total witch hunt.”

Conservative party member Michael Barrett asked Attorney General David Lametti about the limitations of solicitor-client privilege in the SNC-Lavalin case and if his legal opinion will be ready for Jody Wilson-Raybould’s testimony next Tuesday during a justice committee hearing on the topic on Thursday. Lametti responded with “the answer to the question itself is covered...

When pressed by Conservative party member Lisa Raitt on letting Jody Wilson-Raybould comment on the SNC-Lavalin case, Attorney General David Lametti said that he is studying the issue of solicitor-client privilege and will provide his legal opinion “in due course.”

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre condemned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for using his ‘power of privilege’ to not waive Jody Wilson-Raybould’s solicitor-client privilege, effectively “silencing” her during the SNC-Lavalin controversy.

Jody Wilson Raybould, Canada’s former justice minister and attorney general, is set to testify before the justice committee on Wednesday. In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waived both solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality. Mercedes Stephenson explains.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to waive solicitor-client privilege so former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould can speak publicly about allegations of political interference from the Prime Minister’s Office. Mercedes Stephenson explains.

Speaking in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he has asked for recommendations on solicitor-client privilege following Jody Wilson-Raybould’s decision to step down.

Official Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer said that if Justin Trudeau has “nothing to hide” on SNC-Lavalin he should waive solicitor-client privilege and allow Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify and said the committee should still conduct its work in addition to the ethics commissioner’s investigation announced on Monday.