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Justice Committee? The people of our riding also deserve to know if MP Francis Drouin BHSFFTXJUIUIF&UIJDT$PNNJTTJPOFSUIBU Justin Trudeau’s actions were improper and broke the law, or if he agrees with Justin 5SVEFBVUIBUIFEJEOPUIJOHXSPOHu In an email response to Lemieux’s al- legations, Drouin defended his position and referred to an analysis of the Dion report by &SSPM.FOEFT BQSPGFTTPSPGDPOTUJUVUJPOBM and international law and current president of the International Commission of Jurists,
Canada. The analysis questions whether Dion exceeded his own jurisdiction as ethics commissioner and if he also misinterpreted Section 9 of the federal Conflict of Interest Act on what constituted a breach of trust. “I would not have supported the Prime Minister if he had profited from this person- BMMZPSUSJFEUPIFMQIJTGBNJMZPSGSJFOET u stated Drouin. “He didn’t. The rule of law is intact in this country and this, the former Attorney General, provided testimony to the DPNNJUUFFJO.BSDIBCPVUUIJTu
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell’s Liberal MP is catching flak from his main opponent in this year’s federal election over his action and position in the SNC-Lavalin scandal, which has the prime minister accused of a breach of ethics. “Only five short months ago, our Liberal MP Francis Drouin shut down the Parliamen- tary Justice Committee to prevent the former "UUPSOFZ(FOFSBM +PEZ8JMTPO3BZCPVME GSPN UFTUJGZJOHPOUIF4/$-BWBMJOTDBOEBM uTUBUFE Pierre Lemieux, Conservative candidate for the riding, in a letter sent to media in mid- August. “MP Drouin said, ‘I think I have heard enough’, that there was no coverup and UIBUJUXBTUJNFUPNPWFPO8FMM $BOBEBT 'FEFSBM &UIJDT $PNNJTTJPOFS TUSPOHMZ EJTBHSFFTu The focus of
Le député libéral Francis Drouin (à droite) a été attaqué par le candidat conservateur Pierre Lemieux (à gauche) au sujet du scandale SNC-Lavalin. —archives Lemieux noted that Dion stated in his report on the matter that «the authority of
the Prime Minister and IJT PGàDF XBT VTFEu UP circumvent, undermine and attempt to discredit the decisions of federal officials investigating the Québec-based company. “MP Francis Drouin has defended Justin Trudeau
“I would not have supported the Prime Minister if he had profited from this personally or tried to help his family or friends,” stated Drouin.
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