Civil Circles

Ex-DM ‘deeply disturbed’ by PCO clerk Wernick’s committee testimony, but others say it didn’t cross partisan line

Ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page, who used to work under Michael Wernick, says that 'when you look at just the facts, Michael didn’t sound partisan' to him.

PCO clerk Michael Wernick was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016, but has worked as a deputy clerk, deputy minister, and in other public service jobs under both Conservative and Liberal governments.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

February 27, 2019

Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick’s testimony last week to the House Justice Committee on the SNC-Lavalin scandal was “way over the line,” according to one former deputy minister, who added he was “deeply disturbed” by the “profoundly political” perfor...

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