Juno News - April 12, 2019


Trudeau says politicians shouldn't lie to Canadians


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

141.3773

Word Count

323

Sentence Count

21

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

Jody Wilson-Raybould still be Attorney General and Minister of Justice today, had Scott Bryson not stepped down, Jody Wilson Raybould would still be our Attorney General. The allegations in the Globe and Mail story this morning are false.


Transcript

00:00:00.040 I think it's important that all politicians be straight with Canadians
00:00:05.160 in how they characterize their own actions and their own beliefs. I think
00:00:08.880 we're going to have an election in the coming months. You can't be inventing
00:00:14.400 things. You can't be lying to Canadians. And I think highlighting that there are
00:00:19.920 consequences in short term and long term when politicians choose to twist the
00:00:25.880 truth and distort reality for Canadians. It's not something we're going to put up
00:00:30.320 with. Had Scott Bryson not stepped down Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be
00:00:36.160 Attorney General and Minister of Justice today. We had heard representations from
00:00:42.920 various sources including the company itself that this was an issue of deep
00:00:49.100 concern to them and that it would potentially have consequences as dire as
00:00:54.120 the company having to leave Canada altogether and that would be something
00:01:00.080 that obviously would have a severe impact on the thousands of people employed
00:01:04.880 right across the country. Did you threaten to move your headquarters from
00:01:09.000 Montreal? No. Never? No. So where did this issue come up from that that was a
00:01:13.560 possibility for SNC? I don't know what people make up or what they have in their
00:01:18.840 mind. At that September meeting the Attorney General reports that she looked the
00:01:26.000 Prime Minister in the eye and said are you interfering with my role as Attorney
00:01:33.000 General because I strongly advise against it. Does the Prime Minister remember her
00:01:40.080 saying any such thing? Mr. Speaker, once she said that, I responded, no I am not. It is her decision to make. And she then committed to revisit and look into the decision once again, Mr. Speaker.
00:01:57.080 All these are elements in the testimony that we have heard that the Justice Committee examined exhaustively.
00:02:03.080 If anyone felt differently, they had an obligation to raise that with me. No one, including Jody, did that.
00:02:13.080 The allegations in the Globe story this morning are false.