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2019-05-14
Hon. David Lametti - 21:22
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:23 [p.27820]
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Madam Chair, I will now move to the issue of SNC-Lavalin, following up a question posed by the member for Essex. In light of the fact that the justice committee's efforts to get to the bottom of what happened in the SNC matter were shut down, why is the minister opposed to calling a public inquiry?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:23
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:24 [p.27820]
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Madam Chair, it is pretty clear that the justice committee shut down its investigation when it took orders directly from the Prime Minister's Office, but that aside, the minister relies on the Ethics Commissioner to undertake an investigation. However, the minister knows that under section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act, the jurisdiction of the Ethics Commissioner on this matter is very limited. Issues around obstruction of justice and political interference would not fall within the scope of the Ethics Commissioner.
Again, why will the minister not call a public inquiry?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:24
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Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:25 [p.27820]
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Madam Chair, the Prime Minister and other members of the government repeatedly asserted that their interference in the SNC-Lavalin affair was somehow justified on the basis of the jobs issue. The minister has stated that he has not advanced that argument, that he has not made a public statement in that regard, but I am going to ask him if he believes that the loss of jobs constitutes a lawful basis to interfere in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:26
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:26 [p.27820]
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Madam Chair, Michael Wernick, the former clerk of the Privy Council, characterized his involvement as “lawful advocacy”. Would the minister agree?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:27
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:27 [p.27820]
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Madam Chair, the former attorney general was repeatedly pressured by officials in the PMO to seek an outside legal opinion with respect to whether to overturn the decision of the director of public prosecutions. Has the minister sought an outside opinion?
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Wilson-Raybould, Jody
Hon. David Lametti - 21:27
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:28 [p.27821]
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Madam Chair, it is very clear. We know that repeated pressure was put on the former attorney general to seek an outside opinion. One must ask what the basis of such opinion could be, other than to change the former attorney general's mind, especially having regard for paragraph 715.32(1)(c) of the Criminal Code, which specifically provides that it is the prosecutor—in other words, the director of public prosecutions—who must decide whether they are of the opinion that negotiating the agreement is in the public interest and is appropriate in the circumstances. Therefore, it falls on the DPP and not the attorney general to form an opinion, so what could possibly have been the basis of seeking an outside legal opinion?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:29
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:29 [p.27821]
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Madam Chair, retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond said that she believes what happened in the SNC-Lavalin scandal constitutes “a constitutional crisis”. Would the minister agree?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:29
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Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:30 [p.27821]
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Madam Chair, in the Krieger decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, the court said, “It is a constitutional principle that the Attorneys General of this country must act independently of partisan concerns when exercising their delegated sovereign authority to initiate, continue or terminate prosecutions.” Given what we know about what happened and the pressure that was put on the former attorney general, that would seem to validate the expression of retired judge Turpel-Lafond.
However, turning to the Vice-Admiral Norman affair and following up on a question posed by the member for Milton, the judge in the Norman case made a determination with respect to whether solicitor-client privilege applied to the PCO memos. That is simply not the case, so why will the minister e not release the memos?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:31
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Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:32 [p.27821]
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Madam Chair, we know that when the former attorney general blew the whistle on SNC-Lavalin and the pressure that was put upon her, she was fired from cabinet and then kicked out of the Liberal caucus. We know that when the former health minister raised concerns about ethical lapses in the government, she was thrown out of the Liberal caucus. Today we learned that Ben Chin, former chief of staff at the finance department and one of the first individuals involved in putting pressure on the former attorney general, was elevated to a senior advisory role in the Prime Minister's Office. What kind of message does that send? Does that not speak to the ethical rot in the government?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:33
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Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:34 [p.27821]
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Madam Chair, has the current Attorney General spoken to the former attorney general about any matters respecting SNC-Lavalin?
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:34
Hon. David Lametti - 21:35
CPC (AB)
Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:35 [p.27821]
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Madam Chair, following up on questions posed by the hon. member for Durham in the Norman matter, we know that Justice Perkins-McVey has expressed significant concerns about whether there was interference on the part of the PCO respecting trial strategy. Again, I want to ask the minister to explain why he is unprepared at this time to initiate an investigation in light of those very serious concerns.
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Hon. David Lametti - 21:36
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Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton)
2019-05-14 21:36 [p.27822]
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Madam Chair, the minister said that he had an oral briefing. In light of the serious concerns that have been raised about using code names to block access to information requests, how can he be satisfied that everything was above board? On top of that, Parliament apologized to Vice-Admiral Norman today. How can he say that everything was above board?
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