Butts also insisted Wilson-Raybould's move to the Veterans Affairs portfolio in a Jan. 14 cabinet shuffle had nothing to do with the SNC-Lavalin matter. Butts said if Wilson believed something inappropriate was happening, she had many opportunities to inform the prime minister, but did not. The allegations did not come to light until after the cabinet shuffle, he said. 0:48Later, he said: "I firmly believe that nothing inappropriate occurred here and nothing inappropriate was alleged to have occurred until after the cabinet shuffle." "That was the first time I ever heard anyone suggest that this cabinet shuffle was in any way related to the SNC Lavalin file."

Source: CBC News March 06, 2019 14:39 UTC