Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was facing his biggest political crisis today after opposition leaders demanded he resign over claims that he interfered to help a building firm avoid a corruption trial.
He has refused to quit amid the scandal engulfing his Liberal party in an election year.
It erupted on Wednesday when his former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said she endured “sustained pressure” by his staff to drop the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, which is accused of paying £28 million in bribes to the Gaddafi regime in Libya.
Mr Trudeau admitted raising the case with her, but said he was trying to protect jobs.
SNC-Lavalin is a major employer in Quebec, where the Liberals need to win seats to keep a majority.
