VANCOUVER—British Columbia’s former attorney general Geoff Plant says Friday’s release of a secretly recorded phone call to former federal attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould has embroiled the legal community in ethical debates — but has further exposed a “deep fracture at the heart” of the Liberal government. ( David P. Ball/Star Vancouver )“It’s a sign of something seriously fractured inside the heart of the government,” said Plant, who served as the BC Liberals’ attorney general and justice minister after the party took power in 2001. “That feels to me from outside as evidence of a fairly serious trust problem where the attorney general said no and the prime minister kept asking. But she came under fire from some lawyers for recording Wernick’s call — especially since she is essentially the government’s lawyer in her role as attorney general. “I am not under any illusion how the prime minister has and gets things that he wants,” she said.

Source: thestar March 31, 2019 01:18 UTC