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OTTAWA — On the same day that Liberals are set to unveil their last federal budget before the next federal election, the House of Commons justice committee will hold a hotly anticipated, private meeting to discuss where to go next with its investigation into the SNC-Lavalin affair.

During a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning, opposition party MPs are expected to push the Liberal majority on the committee to invite former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould for a second appearance.

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Despite the federal budget’s tabling later Tuesday afternoon — always one of the biggest political events of the year — all eyes should be on those closed doors, Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre told reporters Sunday. “We expect that the prime minister will try to drown out this scandal with billions of dollars of irresponsible spending,” he said.

When she testified before the committee earlier this month, Wilson-Raybould accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his senior officials of attempting to politically interfere in the criminal prosecution of the Montreal engineering giant.