Everyone's attention is fixed on Ottawa this week.

Portage-Lisgar MP Candice Bergen called an emergency debate about the issue yesterday in the House of Commons.

"Being the House Leader, I know how important it is that Parliament deals with these things," explains Bergen. "If the Prime Minister isn't going to come to Committee; if he's not going to be truthful about this. . . he needs to resign. He needs to step back and let this information come forward. So, I called for an emergency debate yesterday. We had that. I was in the House of Commons until almost midnight debating this. I'm very, very concerned about where the country is going right now under Justin Trudeau. Again, this goes to the heart of our democracy and to our justice system. I've been getting countless emails and calls from people who want to know that they can trust the Prime Minister's Office. "

She outlines some of the details that arose over the ordeal.

"It's come to light that they haven't told their shareholders that they were having to be prosecuted," Bergen continues. "And of course, SNC Lavalin has been charged. There have been alleged allegations of millions of dollars of bribery. They allegedly bought prostitutes for Muammar Gaddafi's son with that bribery money. I mean, this is pretty ugly stuff."

Bergen describes how the debate went.

"It was a very good debate in terms of our members, and, I would say, the NDP members were very articulate," she says. "We were able to lay out the case again. You know, the Liberals' excuse, basically, is 'The ends justify the means,' and 'That might have been the Former Attorney General's perspective, but, of course, there are always a variety of perspectives'. "

She notes, "The former Attorney General's been limited as to what she can say. The Prime Minister won't give her full freedom to talk about everything. We need to get all of the facts out. I know we still have a long way to go to get that. In the meantime, the Prime Minister needs to resign. He has lost the moral authority to govern. You can't be convicted of breaking four parts of the ethics code, which is what he has been convicted of, and this could now possibly be criminal -- it's absolutely, fully unethical. It is wrong and it is improper. We don't even know everything that's going on right now over the issue. The RCMP could be investigating. Last night we saw five former attorney generals call for the RCMP to investigate this because they see this could possibly be criminal activity by the Prime Minister. So, he needs to resign."

Noting it's an election year, Bergen adds it's quite a situation for the Prime Minister to find himself in.

"I think Trudeau thought he could get away with it," Bergen says. "He gets away with so much. He tells the story about when he was younger and his brother got caught with some drugs. He said, 'You know what?  My dad just knew a few people, and he called a couple of people, and the charges got dropped.' That's what Justin Trudeau is used to seeing happen. Strings get pulled. You know people in high places, and everything just goes away. I don't think he thought he'd come up against Jody Wilson-Raybould, who, although I don't agree with her politics -- I got to tell you -- I have a lot of respect. That woman was very, very credible in testimony and I believe what she said."