Gerald Butts

• Butts says Trudeau less likely to remain leader since Freeland quit

  Gerald Butts wrote in a Substack newsletter that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's surprise resignation from cabinet last week dealt Trudeau a staggering blow.

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  Dec 28, 2024
  
• Pressure mounts on Trudeau to call inquiry into foreign political meddling

  Senior national security and political voices are backing an independent inquiry into foreign meddling in Canadian politics after reports of Chinese influence operations.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2023
  
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• Timeline: What’s happened so far in the SNC-Lavalin affair

  Here's a timeline of how the SNC-Lavalin affair unfolded.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2019
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• What’s behind the Liberals’ shipbuilding strategy shift? In short: everything

  The process to bring in a third shipyard to the National Shipbuilding Strategy is expected to start next month.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2019
• Scott Thompson: Butts is back!

  The environmental activist and former head of the World Wildlife Fund has been reinstalled to help Trudeau get re-elected, Scott Thompson says.

  Jul 22, 2019
• Former Trudeau adviser Gerald Butts playing key role in Liberal campaign

  Butts, a close long-time friend of Trudeau, resigned in February amid the SNC-Lavalin controversy, citing that anonymous sources alleged he pressured former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to assist the Quebec engineering giant to be considered for an agreement akin to a plea bargain.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2019
• Scott Thompson: Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was right

  Specifically, she was right in not awarding SNC-Lavalin a special deal in the first place.

  May 30, 2019
• Could Jody Wilson-Raybould win re-election as an independent in B.C.? It’s complicated, experts say

  The Vancouver-Granville MP hasn't decided whether to run again after getting kicked out of the Liberal caucus, but some say she has what it takes to win.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2019
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• Wilson-Raybould says anonymous leaks ‘trampling all over’ the confidences she still vows to uphold

  In an interview with the West Block's Mercedes Stephenson, the former attorney general also said young Indigenous women are feeling 'empowered' amid the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

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  Apr 5, 2019
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• Wilson-Raybould defends shining spotlight on SNC-Lavalin scandal in letter to Liberal caucus

  In a letter shared with the Liberal caucus on Tuesday, Wilson-Raybould defended her commitment to the party's pledge to do politics differently.

  Politics

  Apr 2, 2019