Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hunkering down in Ottawa after the second resignation from his cabinet in less than a month over the government's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
He has cancelled a planned visit to Regina today, where he had been scheduled to attend an afternoon event to promote his government's plan to battle climate change and a Liberal fundraiser in the evening.
The prime minister's urge to stay close to home comes one day after Treasury Board president Jane Philpott quit cabinet, saying she no longer had confidence in the government's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. Wilson-Raybould testified last week that she was relentlessly pressured -- and even received veiled threats -- from Trudeau, his senior staff, the clerk of the Privy Council and Finance Minister Bill Morneau's office to ensure a remediation agreement was negotiated with the company. A remediation agreement is a kind of plea bargain that would force the company to pay stiff penalties but avoid a criminal conviction that could financially cripple it.
Trudeau has tried to maintain business as usual since the controversy erupted a month ago. But at public events he's been dogged by questions about the SNC-Lavalin affair.
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