theBreaker.news Podcast: Trust in Trudeau erodes, as SNC-Lavalin scandal overshadows Liberal government

The SNC-Lavalin scandal, also known as #LavScam or PMO-Lavalin, turned a month old on March 7. How did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mark the occasion? He held a news conference where he dug himself a deeper hole. Trudeau did not apologize for how the inner circle of his Liberal government tried to pressure former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to let the Montreal engineering and construction giant off the hook. He debuted a new line -- "erosion of trust" -- and continued to repeat his other line about wanting to save 9,000 SNC-Lavalin jobs. Trudeau admitted nobody sought to verify figures supplied by a company that is legally unable to move from Canada in the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, ex-principal secretary Gerald Butts testified at the Justice Committee on the same day as Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick made a return appearance. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott quit cabinet, just a few days after Celina Caesar-Chavannes announced she would not run for a second term. On this edition of theBreaker.news Podcast, hear the highlights of another week of the scandal. Plus Pacific Northwest and Pacific Rim headlines and commentaries. Click below to listen or go to iTunes (aka Apple Podcasts) and subscribe. Thank-you to Patreon supporters Vicki Drader, Barbara May, Daniel McElroy, Deborah Jones, Laura Gillanders, Marc Speyer and Mondee Redman. Learn how you can join them. Click below.

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