Justin Trudeau can no longer avoid unanswered questions on SNC-Lavalin corruption scandal

With Gerald Butts back
in Justin Trudeau’s inner circle, the Prime Minister can no longer run and hide
from lingering questions regarding the SNC-Lavalin corruption scandal.
 
Gerald Butts was the enforcer behind the SNC-Lavalin corruption scandal. Butts
misled Canadians during his testimony to the Justice Committee, bullied former
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, and oversaw the Trudeau government’s
scheme to interfere in the criminal trial of the Liberal-connected corporation.
 Meanwhile, Jody Wilson-Raybould was booted from the Liberal Party for
speaking truth to power.
 
Justin Trudeau puts blind loyalty over ethical behavior. Questions about his
corruption scandal remain:  

1. Why did Gerald Butts resign from the Prime Minister’s Office? Did he receive
any severance? If so, how much? Was he in contact with the PM, PMO or
government officials while he was “outside”?

2. What did Jane Philpott mean when she said “I’m not sure that the whole story
will ever come out. It is really complex — links between various officials both
elected and unelected. Links here are pretty deep. There are things that I
heard that won’t come out because of cabinet confidentiality”?

3. Why did the PM refuse to allow any figure bound by cabinet confidence (JWR,
Philpott, Butts, Wernick) to speak about any events that occurred after January
14^th, 2019?
 
4. Have assurances been made to SNC-Lavalin that they will receive a deferred
prosecution agreement before the election?
 
In her submission to the Justice Committee, Jody Wilson-Raybould wrote “I did
make another decision at this time – that I would immediately resign if the new
Attorney General decided to issue a directive in the SNC-Lavalin matter.” 
Was this why JWR resigned as Veterans Affairs Minister?
 
5. When the PM fired Jody Wilson-Raybould for the first time on January 7^th,
2019, Butts’ notes recorded the PM telling her “after an election, everything
is fresh again.”  What did that mean?
 
6. On February 11^th, just before the resignation, Butts was with
Trudeau in Vancouver. What happened in that meeting?
 
7. On four occasions, Michael Wernick said that the PM was “in a firm mood” or
“in a mood” about the deferred prosecution agreement for SNC-Lavalin. 
What did that mean?
 
8. Why did Gerald Butts tell the Justice Committee that “there was no urgency”
to his request for JWR’s Chief of Staff to meet with him, when his assistant
had sent an email summoning the former Chief of Staff to a meeting at 4:14 PM
on December 18^th labelled urgent?
 
9. What firms have been retained, at taxpayer expense, to represent the PM, PMO
or others in the SNC-Lavalin Affair and what has the cost been to taxpayers?
 

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For more information:

Daniel Schow
Daniel.Schow@parl.gc.ca
(613) 286-1050

Virginie Bonneau
Virginie.Bonneau@parl.gc.ca
(613) 294-8150

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