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INSANE: Canada s trudeau denies interfering in snc lavalin case | Rare Historical Photos

Dave Chan/Getty Images/AFP | Canada's PM Justin Trudeau at a news conference on March 7, 2019 in Ottawa, Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that an "erosion of trust" and "lack of communication" with his former justice minister led her to resign amid a political crisis that could dash his re-election hopes.

Trudeau's Liberal government has been on the defensive for a month over allegations by former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould that officials inappropriately pressured her last year to help construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc avoid a corruption trial in connection with nearly $48 million in payments made to Libyan government officials.

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