She also slammed Finance Minister Bill Morneau in an interview with Maclean’s magazine. He had suggested she resigned because Jody Wilson-Raybould was her friend
OTTAWA — Former cabinet minister Jane Philpott, who resigned over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair, is publicly calling on the government to allow for more testimony on the events, saying there is “much more to the story that should be told.”
I felt that there was evidence of an attempt to politically interfere with the justice system in its work on the criminal trial She also slammed Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who had suggested Philpott resigned in solidarity because Wilson-Raybould was her friend. “There’s much more to the story that should be told,” she said. “I believe the former attorney general has further points to make. I believe that I have further issues of concern that I’m not free to share.”
Philpott told Maclean’s that although parliamentary privilege technically allows her or Wilson-Raybould to speak on the matter in the House of Commons, it would be difficult to get enough time to properly tell the story.
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