Lametti floats separating justice minister and attorney general roles in wake of SNC-Lavalin scandal

OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is publicly musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, an idea that has backing from others who know the job intimately.

That Wilson-Raybould held both jobs, as is customary in Canada, is at the heart of the controversy over whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others pushed her too hard to help SNC-Lavalin avoid a criminal prosecution over allegedly corrupt business dealings. “The two hats that the minister of justice and the attorney general wears here in our country are completely different, and I think there would be merit to talking about having those as two separate individuals,” Wilson-Raybould said.

Speaking to the Empire Club in Toronto after Wilson-Raybould testified, Lametti said the director of public prosecutions already operates independently of the justice minister and attorney general, which he said creates an appropriate separation between legal cases and the government. But, he added, “there’s also 150 years of history of the joint position working in Canada. The kinds of issues we’ve seen this week don’t happen all the time and maybe that is indicative that the system can work.”

Is he going to do this before he politically interferes in the SNC case?

Why? It hasn’t caused a problem in 150 YEARS, do we change it just because Trudeau and his Cronies don’t think the “Rule of Law” applies to them nor their corporate donors like SNC-no what they did was Obstruction of Justice and they are trying to confuse ill educated Canadians

Great! Make Jody the AG immediately and Lametti can be Justin’s Justice Minister lacky!

Yup That was the Problem LOLOLOLOL RCMP TeamJackwagon 🤡 BecauseIts a GongShow TrudeauJr PeterPanPM AtwalKhadrBoyleISISIran Sockboy UsefulIdiot2TheWorld PeopleKind MagicKingdom

That's right change the focus to something that won't happen. Read this - Canadians want integrity from their politicians and elected officials !

How about floating the idea of separating JustinTrudeau from the Prime Ministers office? CorruptPM

Must be done

Nobody cares. Open an independent inquiry

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