Canada's Trudeau denies wanting his ex-justice minister to lie as election looms

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets supporters after making an announcement during his election campaign tour in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada September 11, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday denied he wanted his former justice minister to lie to the public amid a dispute they had over a 2019 corporate legal case, an accusation included in a book being released just days before the election.

Ex-minister Jody Wilson-Raybould resuscitated the so-called SNC-Lavalin scandal, which dogged the prime minister ahead of the 2019 election, when the Globe and Mail newspaper published an excerpt from her new book, to be released in full next week.