‘I was pissed off’: Wernick dishes on stepping down, famous warning on Hot Room podcast

Michael Wernick, then clerk of the Privy Council, pictured March 6, 2019, before the House Justice Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ALICE CHEN

October 18, 2021

Former clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick spoke about his decision to take an early retirement following the SNC-Lavalin scandal, and his famous warning about the rise of incitements to violence in politics during a recent guest appearance on The Hill Times�...

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