The waiver "is a step in the right direction," she wrote the committee Tuesday, but it "falls short of what is required." On his way into the Liberals' weekly caucus meeting Wednesday, Trudeau said he believes the waiver does what is needed. "We took the unprecedented step as a government of waving cabinet confidentiality and solicitor-client privilege so that the former attorney general could share her perspective on the Lavalin matter in a free manner," he said. Butts has confirmed Wilson-Raybould raised the SNC-Lavalin matter briefly and he advised her to speak to Wernick. The waiver given to Wilson-Raybould to speak about her time as attorney general also applies to others in government with whom she spoke about the SNC-Lavalin prosecution.

Source: Libya Today February 27, 2019 09:00 UTC