QUESTION PERIOD — Prime Minister’s Office
SNC-Lavalin
April 11, 2019
My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Mathieu Bouchard was one of the key players in the SNC-Lavalin affair because he met with the company’s representatives a number of times. It appears he was the one pulling strings for a remediation agreement. Gerald Butts and Michael Wernick both testified in public and lost their jobs because they were involved in the affair, Mr. Leader, but Mathieu Bouchard never had to testify and is still working for the PMO.
Senator Harder, why is Mathieu Bouchard still at the PMO? When will Canadians hear from Mr. Bouchard about his role in this affair?
Again, I thank the honourable senator for his question.
Let me repeat yet again that the issue of SNC-Lavalin has been well debated and reviewed in the other place in committee. The character that the honourable senator references has had his name brought forward.
I have utmost regard for the work that Mathieu Bouchard does and continues to do. I do not think it’s helpful or, frankly, appropriate to cast aspersions on people who cannot defend themselves in this chamber.
