Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had no knowledge of a conversation that was secretly taped by former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould about SNC-Lavalin because he was not briefed by Canada’s top civil servant. “Everybody went on holidays the next day,” says Frank Addario, the lawyer for former Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick in a statement to the Star. According to the lawyer for former Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was not briefed about a Dec. 19, 2018 phone conversation between Wernick and former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould because winter holidays began the next day. “It is entirely inappropriate and it is political interference,” she told Wernick in their conversation. Article Continued BelowHowever, Wernick’s lawyer said the high-stakes standoff between the two was not reported to the prime minister.

Source: thestar March 31, 2019 01:48 UTC