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Trudeau admits mistakes in the handling of the muthärva

the Government's handling of a corruption scandal around a byggjätte totally dominate political life in Canada. Word stands against word when the previous mini

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Trudeau admits mistakes in the handling of the muthärva

the Government's handling of a corruption scandal around a byggjätte totally dominate political life in Canada. Word stands against word when the previous minister of justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould and the prime minister's closest associates, Gerald Butts has been interrogated by a parliamentary committee.

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For Justin Trudeau begins the tangle evolves into a fight for political survival. On Thursday, asked the prime minister in his official program for the first time to give his version of a very well-attended press conference in Ottawa.

that the government made mistakes in the handling of the affair, but claims that no breach has been committed. He does not want to apologise but says he has not had full control over the development.

" I didn't realize that there was a growing gap in trust between my advisor and the minister of justice, said Justin Trudeau.

– As the prime minister and head of the government I should have been aware of it.

in recent weeks, the popularity waned for the former ”golden boy” Justin Trudeau. Opositionen calling for his resignation and according to a new opinion poll, he is far behind the conservative party's leader for the parliamentary elections in the autumn.

is the SNC-Lavalin Group, one of the world's largest construction companies with a base in Quebec, and the 50,000 employees, including 9,000 in Canada. The company is involved in a mutskandal in Libya, where several high-ranking officials shall have the mutats over the world Khaddafis time in power.

A trial in Canada would be likely to lead to that the company gets the trading prohibition and the prime minister initiated in the fall, a new law which would mean that the SNC-Lavalin Group instead paid the fines.

Jody Wilson-Raybould. Photo: Lars Hagberg /AFP

by the then minister for justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould. She says that she was subjected to pressure and ”veiled” threats from the prime minister's closest associates. Jody Wilson-Raybould did not budge and the result was that she was relegated to minister for war veterans.

In mid-February left Jody Wilson-Raybould government. Gerald Butts was singled out as the one who pressed the minister and a few days later he was forced to leave his job. Last Monday, the resigned minister Jane Philpott in protest against the government's handling of the korruptionshärvan.

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