Politics Insider for April 1: Butts has more to say, fallout from Wilson-Raybould's secret phone recording and its carbon tax day in four provinces
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Over the weekend Wernick’s lawyer said the PMO was not briefed about Wernick’s call with Wilson-Raybould because “everyone went on holidays the next day” and that despite Wernick’s assertion that Trudeau would “find a way to get [a deferred prosecution agreement] done one way or another” the SNC-Lavalin issue wasn’t even a top priority for the Prime Minister.
Go away: Hajdu joins a long list of other Liberal MPs—overwhelmingly women—who’ve come out against Wilson-Raybould and former cabinet minister Jane Philpott. Their futures as Liberals will likely be put to the test Wednesday when the party’s MPs gather for their next caucus meeting. Alberta election dispatch NDP’s sexual misconduct baggage: Late last year, Rachel Notley conceded two NDP MLAs were the subjects of noncriminal sexual misconduct allegations, and that they were investigated and dealt with through “education and instruction.” The two NDP men implicated were never named—the Premier said the cone of secrecy was to defend the complainants’ privacy, though it cast a shadow on every male in her caucus. Complainants have never come forward.
Is the race tightening? There are hints and murmurs that the NDP have slightly narrowed their gap behind the UCP. We won’t know the definitive answer until some horse-race polls come out, likely later this week. Alberta Labour Federation’s president threw out some jolting numbers about a mere four-point lead for Kenney’s party—down from an average of 15— but it’s likely the sort of polling released to give the impression of great momentum, not to give an accurate state of the race.
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