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I apologize without reservation to the Member of Vancouver Granville for my inappropriate comments. Both inside and outside of the House, it is important to treat everyone with respect.
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Wilson-Raybould had testified for more than four hours on Wednesday at the parliamentary justice committee. She said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his staff had repeatedly pressured her to allow a major Quebec engineering company to avoid criminal prosecution for alleged bribes distributed in Libya. And she said Trudeau and his staff repeatedly insinuated that not allowing SNC-Lavalin to escape criminal prosecution could have negative political consequences for the Liberals.
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But Sidhu, the first-term Liberal MP representing the sprawling Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon riding, said he didn香蕉视频直播檛 find Wilson-Raybould香蕉视频直播檚 words to be alarming. Sidhu said the discussions about prosecuting SNC-Lavalin were 香蕉视频直播渘ormal.香蕉视频直播�
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Wilson-Raybould香蕉视频直播檚 father is a hereditary chief who took a prominent role in constitutional talks with Pierre Trudeau in the 1980s.
Asked why people should believe that he is not just repeating the party line on the matter, Sidhu said 香蕉视频直播淭he Prime Minister is not telling his caucus what to say or what to do.香蕉视频直播�
Like Sidhu, Wilson-Raybould is serving her first term in Parliament. Before becoming an MP, she was a prosecutor in Vancouver and a regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations.
She said Wednesday that her experience as a prosecutor and as a First Nations leader who had seen the government break the law in the past had influenced her decisions as attorney general.
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As Question Period concluded Thursday afternoon in Ottawa, Sidhu rose to formally apologize to Wilson-Raybould for what he said were 香蕉视频直播渋nappropriate comments.香蕉视频直播�
Just last week, for not immediately condemning personal attacks on his former attorney general by unnamed sources.
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Brad Vis, the Conservative candidate in Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, called on Sidhu to issue an apology. In a tweet, he said Sidhu 香蕉视频直播渋s a misogynist who doesn香蕉视频直播檛 respect the rule of law.香蕉视频直播�
In a subsequent email, Vis wrote: 香蕉视频直播淚 am absolutely appalled at MP Sidhu for his dismissive and misogynistic remarks regarding the former Attorney General. Unfortunately, Jati seems incapable of understanding that issues like our respect for the rule of law, must always transcend political partisanship.香蕉视频直播�
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香蕉视频直播� Michelle Rempel (@MichelleRempel)
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