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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...

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

The SNC-Lavalin affair is a controversy the Prime Minister’s Office can’t escape. Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould still hasn’t given her side of the story, and Justin Trudeau keeps changing his. But as Mike Le Couteur reports, Trudeau still denies he pressured Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the case.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said Tuesday’s justice committee is the last chance the Liberals will have in a parliamentary setting to shine a light on a ‘very serious scandal.’

Liberal House Leader received jeers from other members of the House during Question Period on Monday when she thanked Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick for his service following his sudden resignation in the wake of questioning on the SNC-Lavalin affair.

It was another blow for Justin Trudeau’s government as Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick announced his sudden and unexpected retirement. Mercedes Stephenson reports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday during Question Period that former Liberal justice minister Anne McLellan be special advisor tasked with examining questions related to the SNC-Lavalin affair and making recommendations about the role of the justice minister and attorney general, prompting laughs from other members of the House.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday that the SNC-Lavalin affair has “eroded” trust in the government and said he wants a public inquiry because he wants to “get to the truth.”

Prime Minister Trudeau held a press conference on Thursday to address the the SNC-Lavalin affair.

In his latest editorial, Bob Layton talks about the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland praised the work of Gerald Butts, formerly one of PM Trudeau’s top advisors who resigned Monday amid the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Global’s Ross Lord Monday that his government will always act to protect Canadian jobs, but did not trample on judicial independence or the rule of law.

Treasury Board President Jane Philpott resigned Monday afternoon from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet over his handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. When reporters spoke with Philpott earlier that morning, she remained very mum on the issue of SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation, except to say she would address the issue at an appropriate date.

Treasury Board President Jane Philpott resigned Monday afternoon from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s cabinet over his handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. When reporters spoke with Philpott earlier that morning, she remained very mum on the issue of SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation, escept to say she would address the issue at an appropriate date.

Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer said on Wednesday that the only way the Prime Minister could “clear the air” of what happened in the SNC-Lavalin affair was to support a public inquiry into allegations of political interference.

The Conservatives accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of “hiding” behind other members of his government and asked if staff members in the Prime Minister’s Office put alleged pressure on Jody Wilson-Raybould.

Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr said he takes the prime minister’s word that he didn’t direct Jody Wilson-Raybould on SNC-Lavalin, but Canadians will have to listen to all the voices to decide what happened.

Toronto Star Ottawa bureau chief Susan Delacourt and Globe and Mail bureau chief Bob Fife join Mercedes Stephenson to discuss the SNC-Lavalin affair and how its fallout shows the way things really operate in Ottawa.