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RSS FeedsThe SNC-Lavalin affair: meet the main players
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

16 february 2019 05:10:15

 
The SNC-Lavalin affair: meet the main players
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


OTTAWA—Allegations of political interference in the criminal prosecution of a major Canadian corporation have swamped national politics. Over the past week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals have been consumed by an escalating controversy, after a bombshell newspaper report alleged officials in the PMO pushed the former justice minister to put an end to a fraud and corruption trial and mediate a solution with the accused company, SNC-Lavalin.The opposition NDP decry the situation as more evidence Trudeau’s Liberals are beholden to big business, while the Conservatives are accusing the government of trying to cover up a major scandal. Some say the situation hearkens back to Liberal debacles of old, such as the corruption of the “sponsorship scandal.” And Indigenous leaders, among others, contend the situation undercuts Trudeau’s lofty rhetoric on reconciliation and feminism — key aspects of the image Trudeau’s Liberals like to project.From the pinnacle of political power to the boardroom of a multinational corporation, the SNC-Lavalin scandal involves a lot of people. Here are the main players in the story so far:Jody Wilson-RaybouldCanada’s first Indigenous justice minister and attorney general is at the heart of the controversy. But so far, Wilson-Raybould has been silent on allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office pressured her to halt criminal proceedings in the fraud and corruption case against SNC-Lavalin and offer the company a mediation deal. Apparently bound from speaking because of solicitor-client privilege, the Vancouver MP resigned from cabinet and has retained a former Supreme Court justice to determine how she can tell her side of the story.Justin TrudeauThe prime minister at first would only say that Wilson-Raybould was never “directed” to mediate with SNC-Lavalin — a denial that Liberal MPs later expanded to say there was no “pressure” on her to d ...


 
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