“This has been a tough few weeks,” the Canadian prime minister said on Thursday. His conciliatory remarks in front of reporters on Thursday were an attempt to shift public attention away from the scandal. “What we heard from Justin Trudeau was an attempt to justify and normalise corruption. Trudeau indicated the two were likely to remain part of the Liberal caucus, despite their public repudiation of the prime minister’s handling of the scandal. On Thursday, the prime minister confirmed that SNC-Lavalin’s presence in Québec would be in jeopardy if the government secured a conviction, which would bar it from bidding for federal contracts for a decade.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 13:57 UTC