OTTAWA—SNC-Lavalin was awarded at least $68 million in new federal work last year, a Star analysis shows. It also excludes work SNC-Lavalin is involved in as part of a consortium of companies, such as Ottawa’s new $2.1-billion light rail line and the $2.8-billion contract to upgrade Montreal’s regional transit system. The company, meanwhile, has argued a criminal conviction would unjustly punish its thousands of employees, pensioners, shareholders and subcontractors because it would bar SNC-Lavalin from bidding on Canadian federal contracts for 10 years. Angus was directed to the federal government’s procurement website for the value of contracts, and was only told the government is monitoring SNC-Lavalin’s legal situation very closely. According to 2018 procurement records, SNC-Lavalin inked 176 new contracts with federal departments and agencies that are worth a total of more than $67.9 million.

Source: thestar February 11, 2019 22:28 UTC