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March 7 In 1657, the sale of liquor to Canadian natives was prohibited by King Louis XIV of France. In 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he should have been aware of an \u201cerosion of trust\u201d between his office and former minister of justice Jody Wilson-Raybould over the SNC-Lavalin controversy, but he stopped short of apologizing to her. He said as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, he should have been more aware. Wilson-Raybould claimed she was improperly pressured to stop a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin and was punished for her refusal to give in by being moved out of the Justice portfolio to Veterans Affairs in an early January cabinet shuffle. She resigned from cabinet shortly after the controversy erupted. In 2025, Buffy Sainte-Marie returned her Order… <\/p>\n

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March 7 In 1657, the sale of liquor to Canadian natives was prohibited by King Louis XIV of France. In 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he should have been aware of an \u201cerosion of trust\u201d between his office and former minister of justice Jody Wilson-Raybould over the SNC-Lavalin controversy, but he stopped short of apologizing to her. He said as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, he should have been more aware. Wilson-Raybould claimed she was improperly pressured to stop a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin and was punished for her refusal to give in by being moved out of the Justice portfolio to Veterans Affairs in an early January cabinet shuffle. She resigned from cabinet shortly after the controversy erupted. In 2025, Buffy Sainte-Marie returned her Order... <\/p>\n

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