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Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, at no point have I been pressured or directed by the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister's Office to make any decision on this or any other matter.
As the Attorney General of Canada, I am the chief legal officer of the Crown. I have the responsibility to give legal advice to the government based on the public interest. I take this responsibility very seriously.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as I think is clear, I was not privy to those discussions. As the Prime Minister has said, earlier today, directions were not given either to my predecessor or myself with regard to any decision in this matter.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said earlier today, the allegations contained in The Globe and Mail article are false.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister has said earlier today, no such direction was given, no such pressure was made with respect to my predecessor. Certainly I can say from direct experience that I have received neither pressure nor direction from the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister's Office.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his congratulations.
As the Prime Minister said earlier today, there was no pressure, there were no directives, not from him or from his office on this matter.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said earlier today, neither he nor his office exerted any pressure or issued any directives in this matter.
As Attorney General for Canada, I am the government's chief legal officer. I take my responsibilities very seriously.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said, no direction was given to my predecessor in regard to this decision. I can say that no such direction has been given to me, nor has there been any pressure from the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister's Office.
As Attorney General for Canada, I will continue to give legal advice to the government as its chief legal officer, based solely on the public interest.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said earlier today, no such direction was given to my predecessor. I can say that no such direction has been given to me to come to any particular conclusion in this matter.
As Attorney General for Canada, I am the chief legal officer of the Crown. I provide legal services to the government, with a responsibility to act in the public interest. I take these responsibilities very seriously.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said earlier today, the allegations contained in the article are false.
Justice February 7th, 2019
Mr. Speaker, as the Prime Minister said earlier today, there was no pressure on my predecessor and there were no directives. The same goes for me. I was not pressured and did not receive any directives from the Prime Minister or his office.