OTTAWA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that he welcomes former minister Jody Wilson-Raybould testifying before the House of Commons Justice Committee as part of its probe into the ongoing SNC-Lavalin case.
"We'll be hearing from her, we'll be hearing from experts, we'll be hearing from a range of people. It'll make the determination as to who it needs to hear from, but I think it is important that there be an airing on this situation," Trudeau said.
On Tuesday, the justice committee voted in favor of calling Wilson-Raybould to testify.
The committee will hear from Wilson-Raybould since she resigned from the federal government last week amid continuing questions about Trudeau office's alleged interference in a criminal prosecution of the Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin.
It is expected that the committee will begin hearing on Thursday from witnesses and likely academics on the underlying legal aspects of the SNC-Lavalin case.
Wilson-Raybould has been at the center of allegations that she, then justice minister and attorney general of Canada, felt pressured last fall by unnamed people in the prime minister's office to help multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution for bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.
The allegations, first reported by Canada's widely-read The Globe and Mail weeks ago, have rocked the Trudeau government and led to the resignation Monday of Trudeau's Principal Secretary Gerald Butts, who has denied the claim that he or anyone else in the office pressured Wilson-Raybould over SNC-Lavalin case.
