So the company launched a multi-year lobbying effort to convince the Trudeau government to change the Criminal Code. The Quebec MP, now the infrastructure minister, was at the time the parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Bill Morneau. The budget bill was tabled but it still needed to pass through the House and the Senate. The budget bill passed through Parliament and was given royal assent on June 21, 2018, making DPAs a viable legal option in Canada. On Sept. 17, 2018, MPs were returning to Ottawa for the re-opening of Parliament — and Trudeau had a meeting scheduled with his justice minister, Wilson-Raybould.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2019 00:32 UTC