MONTREAL — One of the accused in an alleged $22.5-million fraud case involving former SNC-Lavalin executives in the awarding of the contract for Montreal’s $1.3-billion superhospital wants a stay of proceedings. “Instead of being proactive and trying to minimize delays, the prosecution has always acted in a reactionary way, systematically, up until today,” Hijazi told Quebec court Judge Genevieve Graton. Hijazi said his client was always treated the same as the other accused in what one investigator described as the biggest fraud case in Canadian history. Hijazi accused police of moving too quickly to arrest his client and said poor case management is behind the delays. Even as proceedings continued, parallel police investigations resulted in more evidence and new arrests and meant constant disclosure delays.

Source: National Post November 15, 2017 16:18 UTC