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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...

During a Conservative rally in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Andrew Scheer claimed he will open a judicial inquiry into Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and the SNC-Lavalin affair. But as Mike Le Couteur reports, supporters at the rally yelled “lock him up” — a controversial callback to a Trump campaign slogan during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer questioned Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on the SNC-Lavalin affair, asking him to explain his decisions and justify how Canadians can trust him in light of what Scheer called misstatements of facts in the early days of the scandal. Trudeau fired back saying the Globe & Mail article was false.

Liberals voted against allowing ethics commissioner Mario Dion present his report on the SNC-Lavalin affair to the ethics committee, during an emergency meeting on Aug. 21. MP Pierre Poilievre provided comment in a media scrum outside the meeting.

Will the SNC Lavalin scandal sway your vote? Will the contest be settled in Ontario? And will the Green Party overtake the NDP as Canada’s third party? Our political panel weighs in.

Liberal MPs have blocked the opposition’s attempt to get Canada’s Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion to testify about his damning report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau breaking rules in the SNC-Lavalin affair. As Abigail Bimman reports, the Liberals say this is all about partisan games ahead of the federal election.

Green Party leader Elizabeth May said on Aug. 21 during an emergency ethics committee meeting that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is guilty of an offence so grave that resignation is an appropriate response. She said this issue around the SNC-Lavalin affair is a systemic problem.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Sept. 26 that Andrew Scheer’s plan to launch a judicial inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin affair does not address the root cause, which he said is the deferred prosecution agreement.

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki declined to answer questions on the SNC-Lavalin affair while speaking with the media at a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday regarding the recent, unrelated arrest of a senior RCMP official.

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.