By Canadian Press

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Scheer repeats alleged libel, goads Trudeau to follow through on lawsuit threat

Apr 10, 2019 | 12:44 PM

OTTAWA — Andrew Scheer is trying to provoke Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into following through on his threat to sue him over allegedly libellous criticism of the SNC-Lavalin affair.

The Conservative leader has repeated, word for word, the March 29 statement that prompted Trudeau’s lawyer, Julian Porter, to send him notice of a potential libel suit.

For good measure, he’s done it outside the House of Commons, so parliamentary privilege won’t protect him.

Scheer accuses Trudeau of leading a campaign to interfere with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin and directing Canada’s former attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to break the law.

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Trudeau says he put Scheer on notice because the Conservatives have a history of making misleading and defamatory statements.

He says he won’t “stand idly by” and allow that to happen.

The Canadian Press