SNC-Lavalin approached Quebec's attorney-general last fall to enlist her help securing a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) from the federal government. Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould leaves after testifying before the House of Commons justice committee. She told the committee she was stripped of the justice portfolio earlier this year because of her refusal to grant SNC-Lavalin a DPA. The November phone call came as LeBel's federal counterpart, then justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, was also being urged to offer a DPA to SNC-Lavalin. He told the justice committee last week that "new facts" emerged after federal prosecutors told SNC-Lavalin there would be no DPA.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2019 17:41 UTC