Sure, it looks bad, on the day: if this is a government that has nothing to hide, it seems strangely determined to hide it. In our system, the prime minister decides whether the prime minister should be held to account. In a system with more robust checks and balances, stonewalling is a losing strategy: sooner or later, the truth always comes out. Not unless the prime minister agrees to call one. The public is very much in the same position as Wilson-Raybould: told of her complaints of having been improperly pressured by the prime minister, among others, the prime minister replied that she should have brought her concerns to the prime minister.

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 00:11 UTC