Canada government ‘meddling’ case: deciphering the controversy

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Eric THOMAS | AFP
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Fri, 2019-03-01 04:54

MONTREAL: Canada’s former attorney general has provoked the worst political crisis for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government by accusing senior officials of attempting to head off the fraud prosecution of engineering giant SNC-Lavalin.
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Jody Wilson-Raybould testified at the House of Commons Justice Committee that Trudeau, one of his ministers and close advisers applied “inappropriate” pressure on her, including “veiled threats” to intervene in a criminal prosecution.

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