Who are the people named by Wilson-Raybould?

Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould kicked off nearly four hours of damning testimony at the House of Commons justice committee by revealing that 11 people were involved in a “consistent and sustained effort” to politically interfere in the decision to prosecute SNC-Lavalin on corruption charges. Some of the names, like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau, are easily recognizable, but others are advisers who stay behind the scenes and avoid the glare of TV camera lights at all costs. Of the 11 people, nine are directly named in Wilson-Raybould’s testimony. The National Post’s Stuart Thomson lays out the role each played according to Wilson-Raybould.

PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU

At a one-on-one meeting with Trudeau, Wilson-Raybould says he asked her to “find a solution” for SNC-Lavalin. Trudeau stressed to Wilson-Raybould that there was an election coming up in Quebec and “I am an MP in Quebec.” The former attorney general said she looked Trudeau in the eye and asked: “are you politically interfering with my role.” Trudeau said he wasn’t.

BEN CHIN, CHIEF OF STAFF TO MORNEAU

One of the first communications to Wilson-Raybould’s office about the decision to prosecute SNCLavalin came from Morneau’s chief of staff Ben Chin, a former anchor for The National on CBC. Chin raised the spectre of SNCLavalin leaving Montreal if they went to trial on corruption charges and noted that the Quebec election was looming, “so we can’t have that happen,” Wilson-Raybould says he told her.

KATIE TELFORD, CHIEF OF STAFF TO TRUDEAU

At the same Dec. 18 meeting, Prince said Telford told her that “we don’t want to debate legalities anymore” and that they could provide “cover” for an unpopular decision by arranging for op-ed articles “saying that what she is doing is proper.”

PRIVY COUNCIL CLERK MICHAEL WERNICK

At the Sept. 17 meeting, Wilson-Raybould said she was surprised to hear Wernick mention the Quebec election and the potential for SNC-Lavalin to move its headquarters to England if the prosecution proceeded. On Dec. 19, after months of pressure from PMO officials, Wernick called Wilson-Raybould and told her that Trudeau is “gonna find a way to get it done one way or another.” She testified that it reminded her of the Saturday Night Massacre.

JUSTIN TO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO MORNEAU

The day after Wilson-Raybould told Morneau that the calls from his office were inappropriate, Chin and deputy chief of staff Justin To called Wilson-Raybould’s chief of staff to talk about the SNC-Lavalin decision.

MATHIEU BOUCHARD, SENIOR ADVISER IN THE PMO

Prince met with PMO adviser Mathieu Bouchard and reported back to Wilson-Raybould that Bouchard had told her that if SNCLavalin were to announce that it is moving its headquarters out of Canada six months before the election “that is bad.” Prince said Bouchard told her that “we can have the best policy in the world, but we need to be re-elected.”

FINANCE MINISTER BILL MORNEAU

During a conversation in the House of Commons on Sept. 19, Morneau stressed to Wilson-Raybould “the need to save jobs.” Wilson-Raybould told the finance minister that engagements from his office were inappropriate and had to stop. “They did not stop,” she testified.

GERALD BUTTS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO TRUDEAU

On Dec. 18, Wilson-Raybould’s chief of staff Jessica Prince reported back to her boss about a conversation with Trudeau’s principal secretary Gerald Butts and chief of staff Katie Telford. Prince told the PMO staffers that they were inappropriately interfering with the decision. “There is no solution here that doesn’t involve some interference,” Prince said Butts told her.

ELDER MARQUES, SENIOR ADVISER IN THE PMO

On Nov. 22, Wilson-Raybould was summoned to a meeting with Bouchard and PMO adviser Elder Marques that lasted an hour and a half and that “irritated” her. Bouchard did most of the speaking at that meeting. Marques was also involved in a Sept. 16 phone call with Prince and Bouchard where the PMO advisers urged her to seek outside advice on the SNC-Lavalin decision and raised the Quebec election.