Jody Wilson-Raybould in February 27 testimony at the Commons justice committee recounted the boast by the Prime Minister’s Office seeking to quash a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. The former attorney general cited a remark by Katie Telford, chief of staff to the Prime Minister, at a December 18, 2018 meeting: “If you are nervous, we would of course line up all kinds of people to write op-eds that what she is doing is proper.”
The names of agreeable journalists on the Liberal list were not disclosed. Senator Linda Frum (Conservative-Ont.) yesterday in Senate Question Period questioned the reach of the Prime Minister’s Office into newsrooms.
“Is that a common practice of the Prime Minister’s Office, to instruct pundits and editors to write and publish favourable op-eds for the government?” asked Frum. “She will know from her acquaintance with the journalism profession that those attempts are rarely successful,” replied Senator Harder.
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