The country's top public servant received profanity-laced social media messages calling him "garbage," a "traitor," a "loser" and a "liar" after defending the Trudeau government's conduct in the SNC-Lavalin affair. No one asked about the messages, sent to Wernick via Facebook messenger. However, on Thursday, Wernick's office released copies of eight expletive-filled, sometimes barely coherent messages. Wernick prefaced his first appearance before the committee with surprise remarks about the deteriorating state of political discourse in Canada. Your manipulation of the fallout on the SNC-Lavalin criminal bribery scandal does not look good on you," said one message he received.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2019 22:06 UTC