That glaring omission, plus the prime minister's terse statement announcing Wilson-Raybould's resignation, which did not include the traditional thanks for her service, re-enforces the feeling that there is a huge rift between the PM and his minister.
The simple way to handle this would be for our feminist, indigenous-empowering prime minister to stop keeping the country's first indigenous attorney general under his thumb.
"I am in the process of obtaining advice on the topics that I am legally permitted to discuss in this matter", she said, adding that she retained a retired Supreme Court justice as legal counsel.
Wilson-Raybould was the epitome of Brand Trudeau-the daughter of a First Nations politician, she was a lawyer whose sterling career as Crown Prosecutor and Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations paved the way to her becoming justice minister.
Tourism and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly takes the stage at a mid-morning event hosted by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec, where she will, as per the notice from her office, "focus on the upcoming federal tourism strategy and how to unlock the full potential of tourism in Canada, including in Québec".
The fact that he won't is telling.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberals to support a push at the House of Commons justice committee to look into the allegations that appear to have led to Wilson-Raybould's resignation. "All we have to go on is his word".
Mr Trudeau has said he welcomes the examination. But he agrees there should be more clarity.
So with the government's legitimacy swaying in the balance, the whole country is waiting for Wilson-Raybould to finally tell her side of the story.
For most of this week Conservatives have been musing that the Liberals will simply block the attempts to get to the bottom of this.
With so many employees around the world, including thousands in Canada, the company is considered by some to be vital to the economy.
The Montreal-based firm is facing accusations that its former executives paid millions of dollars in bribes to win contracts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi's rule, which collapsed in 2011.
But there is one fly in the ointment.