That was a central question in the drama — some would say scandal — that broke out on Parliament Hill this week. There’s nothing in there about the prime minister directing her or anybody else picking up the phone and suggesting she might want to think about something,” Brodie said. As such, “it is improper for any other minister to attempt to influence the attorney general in her first role,” he said by email Friday. But in October, the company revealed that government prosecutors decided not to offer a DPA in this case. That is significant because a conviction for fraud or corruption would bar SNC-Lavalin from bidding on government contracts for 10 years.

Source: thestar February 08, 2019 23:15 UTC