Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps is not backing down from comments she online made about Jody Wilson-Raybould that generated controversy over the weekend. Copps isn't generally a big Twitter user: until last Monday, she had only tweeted three times since the beginning of the year. Even though it may apply," she was not suggesting that the word apply to either Wilson-Raybould or former Treasury Board president Jane Philpott. Copps theorized that Wilson-Raybould would have reacted differently if the 9,000 jobs had been held by Indigenous people. Lars Hagberg / The Canadian Press Former Canadian justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould prior to giving her testimony about the SNC-Lavalin affair on Feb. 27, 2019.

Source: Huffington Post March 11, 2019 00:11 UTC