Scheer says ethics committee study of SNC-Lavalin 'must' go ahead cdnpoli
Scheer — speaking from the foyer of the Commons despite the House not sitting this week — said now is the time for Trudeau to "once and for all to end the cover up, and it's an opportunity he must seize."
The scandal is centred on allegations that Wilson-Raybould, when she was attorney general, faced a months-long "sustained effort" from senior officials to politically interfere in the criminal prosecution of Quebec construction firm SNC-Lavalin. The issue has dominated federal politics since it broke more several weeks ago.
Tomorrow, the House Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet to discuss the prospect of launching a new study into the scandal. There, the opposition will be advancing a motion seeking approval to study the matter, and to call Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to testify. The government routinely insists that House committees are independent masters of their own destiny, in response to any allegations of the contrary.
Scheer said this second study needs to be given the green-light by the Liberal MPs who hold the majority on the committee, especially since so many of their colleagues have come out in the last few days to argue that the pair should, and can air any outstanding information they want to share in the SNC-Lavalin controversy.
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