Guess whose book "Indian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power" comes out next week? @Puglaas: 'In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie.’ Jody Wilson-Raybould recalls a tension-filled meeting with Justin Trudeau. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… #cdnpoli
Excerpt: "I knew what (Trudeau) was really asking ... In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie, to attest that what had occurred had not occurred" to "lie to protect a gov't acting badly; a political party: a leader who was not taking responsibility. He must be delusional"
"He told me I had not experienced what I said I did. He used the line that would later become public, that I had 'experienced things differently.'”
"He had a media availability ostensibly on housing later that morning. He mentioned a line they were thinking of using: 'Her presence in Cabinet speaks for itself …' Can you believe it? ... How ridiculous. In my opinion, there is no spin on dishonesty."
"There is no question in my mind that the Prime Minister knew there were attempts to pressure me to avoid a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, and while those attempts failed, thankfully, they were wrong and he knew it."
"I felt (Trudeau) turning on me even more – I could see it in his face, his eyes, and in his mannerisms – because he wasn’t getting his way."
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