“A rule of law is not like a smorgasbord … You have to accept them all, so that’s the fundamental point.”Well. The story is that the PMO had been pressuring then attorney general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to go easy on Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin. Wilson-Raybould was allegedly facing pressure from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office to guide the public prosecutor toward a settlement instead. Carefully worded, they claim that there was no “direction” to the former justice minister. In her statement, Wilson-Raybould repeatedly cited her independence and the importance of the rule of law.

Source: National Post February 08, 2019 22:07 UTC