Mr. Michael Wernick at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 21st, 2019. See this statement in context.

February 21st, 2019 / 12:35 p.m.

Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

I have spent time in and around ministers and prime ministers. It's a great honour of my career.

I worked very closely with three active prime ministers, former active ministers, a dozen ministers. I've seen cabinet meetings of the Chrétien cabinet, the Mulroney cabinet, the Martin cabinet, the Harper cabinet and the Trudeau cabinet. I can tell you that they are always guided by trying to do the right thing the right way. The exceptions to that in Canada are extremely rare and are detected, corrected and punished.

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