A former vice-president of SNC-Lavalin has been charged with soliciting illegal campaign donations from employees of the engineering firm and reimbursing those employees from company coffers. The allegations involve donations made to federal political parties between March 9, 2004 and May 1, 2011. The charges come as the result of an investigation by the federal elections commissioner. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. entered into a compliance agreement with the federal elections commissioner in 2016. In the compliance agreement, SNC-Lavalin states that it has taken measures to help detect and curb "ethically problematic practices."

Source: CBC News May 17, 2018 17:37 UTC