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Dec. 18 In 2019, former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was chosen as The Canadian Press newsmaker of the year for 2019. News editors and producers cited her central role in the SNC-Lavalin affair in voting her the runaway winner of the title. The scandal cost Justin Trudeau two ministers, his most trusted adviser, the country\u2019s top public servant and possibly his majority in the October election. Wilson-Raybould was a star Liberal candidate in 2015 and became Canada\u2019s first Indigenous justice minister. But she fell out with the prime minister over her refusal to order the negotiation of a \u201cremediation agreement\u201d for SNC-Lavalin, the Montreal engineering firm facing corruption-related charges over its dealings in Libya. She resigned from cabinet, was kicked out of the Liberal caucus and subsequently ran as an… <\/p>\n

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Dec. 18 In 2019, former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was chosen as The Canadian Press newsmaker of the year for 2019. News editors and producers cited her central role in the SNC-Lavalin affair in voting her the runaway winner of the title. The scandal cost Justin Trudeau two ministers, his most trusted adviser, the country\u2019s top public servant and possibly his majority in the October election. Wilson-Raybould was a star Liberal candidate in 2015 and became Canada\u2019s first Indigenous justice minister. But she fell out with the prime minister over her refusal to order the negotiation of a \u201cremediation agreement\u201d for SNC-Lavalin, the Montreal engineering firm facing corruption-related charges over its dealings in Libya. She resigned from cabinet, was kicked out of the Liberal caucus and subsequently ran as an... <\/p>\n

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