Details sparse on year-old cabinet committee on litigation management; Tory Sen. says ‘usurps’ AG

Conservative politicians say the decision to form the cabinet committee was 'surprising' and unnecessary, with no clear understanding of its role in recent large settlements.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, pictured in June, told the Senate last month that the committee doesn't infringe on her role as the country's attorney general in regulating litigation for the federal government. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY JOLSON LIM

November 8, 2017

More than a year after the Cabinet Committee on Litigation Management was formed, little is known about its role in the government’s courts strategy, with opposition members wondering if it’s being used to overshadow the role of the country’s attorney general. The committee was formed by Prim...

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