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Jun 6, 2019 · During the SNC-Lavalin scandal, former Minister of Justice [MOJ] and Attorney General [AG] Jody Wilson-Raybould stated that there were attempts by the Prime Minister’s Office and other government officials to “politically interfere” with her independent discretion as AG. This episode has called into question whether the positions of AG and MOJ would better serve Canada’s democracy if ...
- What Is Snc's Role in This Scandal?
- What Is A Deferred Prosecution Agreement?
- What Was The Nature of The Alleged Pressure?
- What's Alleged About The Pm?
- Who Else Does Wilson-Raybould Allege Pressured her?
- So What If Government Tried to Influence Its Own Ag?
- Can The Ag Overrule A Decision from The Director of Public Prosecutions?
- What's Been The Response to The Allegations from The Prime Minister?
- Are There Any Potential Criminal Implications For The PMO?
SNC-Lavalin faces charges of fraud and corruption in connection with nearly $48 million in payments made to Libyan government officials between 2001 and 2011. If convicted, the company could be blocked from competing for federal government contracts for a decade. SNC-Lavalin had hoped that its fraud and corruption charges could be resolved with wha...
Last year, the Trudeau government amended the Criminal Code to establish remediation agreements,also known as deferred prosecution agreements. This amendment, which SNC-Lavalin had lobbied the government to introduce, would allow companies accused of certain economic offences — such as bribery, fraud and corruption — to be spared criminal charges. ...
On Feb. 27, Wilson-Raybould appeared before the justice committee, where she said that for four months from September to December 2018, she "experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of Canada in a...
In a conversation with Trudeau on Sept. 17, 2018, and with Wernick in attendance, Wilson-Raybould claimed the prime minister told her they need to find a solution for SNC-Lavalin. She said he told her many jobs would be lost without a DPA, and that the company would move from Montreal, that an election was coming up in Quebec and that he was an MP ...
Wilson-Raybould claims that 11 people from the PMO, the Privy Council Office and the office of the minister of Finance pressured her. Along with the prime minister, those individuals include Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford, his then-principal secretary Butts, PMO staffers Mathieu Bouchard and Elder Marques, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Mor...
The attorney general is supposed to be an independent, non-partisan role, and the most important part of that non-partisan role is the oversight of federal prosecutions. This independence is a trait not shared by other cabinet roles. "The role of the AG and prosecutors is to act in the public interest, not in the interest of whoever is in the PMO,"...
Yes. The director works "under and on behalf"of the attorney general, who can issue directives regarding specific prosecutions. Section 10 of the DPP Act says the attorney general can issue directives "on the initiation or conduct of any specific prosecution and with respect to prosecutions generally." Indeed, there very well be a situation where "...
When the story first appeared, Trudeau said the allegations in the Globe story "are false" and insisted that neither he nor any of his staff "directed" Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the case. He has since denied accusations that he or his staff subjected her to improper political pressure, insisting he and his staff "always acted appropriately an...
In the wake of the ethics commissioner's report, the RCMP said it's "examining this matter carefully with all available information and will take appropriate actions as required." Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer, in a letter to the RCMP, makes note that the Criminal Code states it's illegal to "obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice." Sc...
Aug 14, 2019 · Anne McLellan, former deputy prime minister, justice minister and attorney general, was tasked with examining the relationship between the Prime Minister's Office and the dual role of justice ...
Aug 14, 2019 · "The repeated interventions by the prime minister, his most senior ministerial staff and public officials to have the attorney general find a solution, even in the face of her refusal to intervene ...
Aug 14, 2019 · McLellan, however, warned that removing the attorney general from cabinet could affect the credibility and quality of legal advice that person provides to others who sit around the table. Story ...
John LI J. Edwards, Ministerial Responsibility for National Security as it relates to the Offices of Prime Minister, Attorney General and Solicitor General of Canada – a study prepared for the Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services, 1980) (the McDonald Commission) at p.119
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Footnote 11 I defend three main arguments: first, that the prosecutorial independence of the AG must be balanced against a corresponding duty to consult with cabinet and the prime minister on the public interest implications of prosecutorial decisions when the circumstances warrant; second, that cabinet ministers and the prime minister have both the right and the responsibility to proactively ...
