Thank you.
Mr. Wernick, I'm looking at your statement. I find it pretty thin gruel given the fact that five former attorneys general have asked for an RCMP investigation. Former Liberal attorney general Michael Bryant said he's never seen such “brazen” and “reckless” interference in an independent prosecution. We've had two cabinet ministers resign, and Ms. Philpott saying she had constitutional and ethical obligations in the face of political interference.
You are one of the key political actors in this, Mr. Wernick, and yet I find what's missing from here is any attempt to explain what happened in that key meeting of December 19. We asked Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould on record if you threatened her. She said she wasn't threatened once, she was threatened three times by you. Then she said that you wanted to find a way to talk directly to the prosecutor, which would be the direct interference in the prosecution case. She warned you that you were on dangerous ground.
How come you haven't even tried to rebut her testimony?