Canada's top bureaucrat Michael Wernick is facing calls to resign, concerns raised over his role in next election cdnpoli
The most senior bureaucrat in the federal government has been in the media limelight over the last few weeks due to his involvement and interjections in the ongoing SNC-Lavalin scandal.
The core objection Angus raised was Wernick's involvement in the SNC-Lavalin scandal, though, he also said he is troubled about Wernick being one of five senior level non-political government officials who the federal Liberals have decided will be responsible for making the call about alerting the public to serious cases of foreign interference during the next federal election, scheduled for Oct. 21.
If it is a serious enough case, the group will inform: the prime minister; all registered political parties; and the public about the threat and steps they may need to take, through a press conference. "There will be enormous pressures if something happens, if something is said that is considered possibly interfering with an election. You need all political parties, all Canadians to know that the person in charge of that is completely independent… Mr. Wernick cannot play that role," he said.
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