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Today we join the growing list of Canadians using the hashtag LetJodySpeak to demand former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould be recalled to testify at the Commons justice committee hearings into the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

The Liberal majority on the committee Wednesday rejected an opposition motion for Wilson-Raybould to be recalled, after some of the testimony by Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary, diametrically opposed her version of events.

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Instead, the Liberals approved a motion to consider what additional witnesses they will call at a closed-door meeting March 19, federal budget day.

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The Liberals also defeated an opposition motion asking Trudeau to consider fully waiving the confidentiality gag he has only partially removed from Wilson-Raybould.

It still prohibits her from discussing anything after he removed her as attorney general in his Jan. 14 cabinet shuffle, including her time as Veterans’ Affairs minister.