Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrtien says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would have been "better served" if he sought guidance from his party's elder statesmen,but that the current government has failed to reach out to him for advice.

Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro who was found criminally guilty of violating the Canada Elections Actis coming to Ottawa Wednesday to complain about what he says is unequal treatment by the Commissioner of Canada Elections.

Globe and Mail Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife said he was worried for weeks after breaking the SNC-Lavalin story that has rocked the Liberal government, fearing that former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould would refute his reporting.

On International Women's Day, CBC News Networks Power & Politics invited four female former premiers to discuss the SNC-Lavalin controversy, leading a cabinet through tough times, and the realities of being a woman in Canadian politics.