Canada opposition leader demands PM JustinTrudeau quit over ethics allegations
OTTAWA - The leader of Canada's main opposition party demanded on Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quit after a former justice minister said government officials inappropriately pressured her to help a major firm avoid a bribery trial.
Mr Andrew Scheer, leader of the official opposition Conservative Party, demanded the resignation of what he called a disgraced prime minister. "In my view, these events constituted pressure to intervene in a matter and that this pressure, or political interference to intervene, was not appropriate," she told the committee.
She added that Mr Michael Wernick, the clerk of the privy council, also warned her that the company"will likely be moving to London" without an intervention.
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