Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
As I was saying, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude that either the Prime Minister obstructed justice or, in a best-case scenario for him—and it's not a very good scenario—he came right up to the line of obstructing justice in pressuring Jody Wilson-Raybould repeatedly, in what amounted to a coordinated campaign, to interfere in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, which was a decision that had been made independently by the director of public prosecutions.
The Prime Minister would not take no for an answer. When it came to the conclusion that she would not budge and that she was going to stand up to the Prime Minister and stand up for the rule of law, he fired her. Then he covered up, and is now covering up, the evidence that the RCMP says it needs to complete its investigation.
As I said, if the Prime Minister didn't obstruct justice, he came right up to the line. I would emphasize, in that regard, that no matter how you look at it, Justin Trudeau doesn't come off favourably in this. He may very well have broken the law—a serious offence under the Criminal Code—but at the very least he engaged in behaviour that is completely unethical. He engaged in behaviour that fits every definition of “corruption”.
It goes back to what I was saying earlier, which is that there is this culture of corruption within this government, and it starts at the top. The corruption starts at the top, and it starts with the Prime Minister.
I have no doubt that the culture we have seen is a direct result of the standard he has set. It's that the Conflict of Interest Act doesn't apply to him. As the all-powerful Prime Minister, he's going to put pressure on his Attorney General to interfere in a prosecution that he doesn't think should go forward, notwithstanding that the director of public prosecutions made the independent determination that the prosecution ought to go forward. He's going to fire his Attorney General when she stands up for the rule of law, and he can get away with it because he'll just cover it up and hide behind cabinet confidence.
My colleague, Mr. Brock, talked about Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott. When they were kicked out of the Liberal caucus, Justin Trudeau invited the media to come. They found out, I think, basically through the media.