Canada's former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was involved in government discussions last fall about whether engineering firm SNC-Lavalin should be allowed to avoid criminal prosecution, and the talks were perfectly legal, government officials have told The Canadian Press. "As the former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, I am bound by solicitor-client privilege in this matter," she said. The lobbyist registry shows representatives of SNC-Lavalin logged more than 50 meetings with federal officials and parliamentarians on subjects that included "justice" and "law enforcement." The Conservatives and NDP are demanding investigations by a Commons committee and the federal ethics commissioner into allegations Wilson-Raybould was pressured by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office. Wilson-Raybould moved from being attorney general to minister of Veterans Affairs on Jan. 14.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2019 14:48 UTC