EPISODE · Mar 3, 2019 · 27 MIN
Explosive testimony and a government in crisis
from The West Block · host Global News / Curiouscast
EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY, CALLS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP DOWN, AND A CABINET SHUFFLE ...ALL AS MPs BEGIN A TWO WEEK BREAK AWAY FROM PARLIAMENT HILL.FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD TOLD THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK SHE EXPERIENCED A CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED EFFORT BY THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE WITHIN GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER TO POLITICALLY INTERFERE IN HER DECISION ON THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF THE QUEBEC BASED COMPANY SNC-LAVALIN. WE'LL HEAR VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON A CONTROVERSY THAT HAS PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN CRISIS. Guests: David Lametti, Justice Minister; Candice Bergen, Conservative; Daniel Blaikie, NDP; Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star Bureau Chief; Joel-Denis Bellavance, La Presse Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY, CALLS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP DOWN, AND A CABINET SHUFFLE ...ALL AS MPs BEGIN A TWO WEEK BREAK AWAY FROM PARLIAMENT HILL.FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD TOLD THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK SHE EXPERIENCED A CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED EFFORT BY THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE WITHIN GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER TO POLITICALLY INTERFERE IN HER DECISION ON THE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF THE QUEBEC BASED COMPANY SNC-LAVALIN. WE'LL HEAR VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON A CONTROVERSY THAT HAS PUT THE GOVERNMENT IN CRISIS. Guests: David Lametti, Justice Minister; Candice Bergen, Conservative; Daniel Blaikie, NDP; Susan Delacourt, Toronto Star Bureau Chief; Joel-Denis Bellavance, La Presse Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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