In Ottawa, there appears to be little sympathy these days for SNC-Lavalin, the giant engineering corporation facing prosecution for bribery schemes in Libya. In Quebec, however, where it has operated for more than 100 years, SNC-Lavalin has a chorus of defenders that include the premier, the Opposition and pundits. There are both economic and emotional reasons for the partiality that SNC-Lavalin enjoys in Quebec. 'I don't think we should penalize the thousands of employees who work for SNC-Lavalin,' Premier François Legault said this week. The eagerness of the Quebec government and others in the province to see SNC-Lavalin avoid prosecution has raised the question of whether the corporation has become too big to fail.

Source: CBC News February 14, 2019 09:00 UTC