Tory MP Says Attorney General Lametti Threatened His Reputation in Private Email

Conservative MP Frank Caputo rises during question period in the House of Commons on March 24, 2022 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Conservative MP Frank Caputo is accusing Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti of threatening his professional reputation in a private email following Caputo’s support for a question put forward in the House of Commons.

In the House on June 12, Caputo raised a question of privilege saying that Lametti sent him an email on June 8 just minutes after Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked during question period about presumed “levels of conflict of interest with the government.”