Scheer Urges PM to Follow Through on Libel Threat Over SNC, Testify in Court

Andrew Scheer is challenging Justin Trudeau to follow through on a threat to sue him over his assertion that the prime minister politically interfered with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC−Lavalin.

Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer is challenging Justin Trudeau to follow through on a threat to sue him over his assertion that the prime minister politically interfered with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC−Lavalin.

The Conservative leader revealed Sunday that he received a letter on March 31 from Trudeau’s lawyer, Julian Porter, threatening a libel suit.