Why is Justin Trudeau in trouble?
ALLEGATIONS THAT Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, put pressure last year on Jody Wilson-Raybould, then justice minister and attorney-general, to drop a criminal case against a large construction company have dominated the news for almost a month. Ms Wilson-Raybould says that the Liberal prime minister and his officials pushed her to suspend the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin for bribing Libyan officials prior to 2011, and fine the company instead.
When Mr Trudeau led the Liberals to victory in the election in October 2015, he called himself a feminist, promised to improve Canada’s troubled relations with indigenous peoples and pledged to conduct an open and transparent government. These promises look empty after Ms Wilson-Raybould, an indigenous politician, told the parliamentary justice committee investigating the affair on February 27th that the prime minister and his officials had tried to strong-arm her.
Mr Trudeau faces more pitfalls. Gerald Butts, his former principal secretary, is to testify before the justice committee on March 6th. Ms Wilson-Raybould says he exerted some of the pressure. The parliamentary ethics commissioner and justice committee will issue separate reports. Mr Trudeau must still decide whether he wants Ms Wilson-Raybould and Ms Philpott to remain members of the Liberal caucus now that they have lost confidence in his government. Expelling them could be explosive.
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