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'Accountability Achieved' In SNC-Lavalin Affair, Wilson-Raybould Says

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Dec, 2019 09:37 PM

    OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould says the justice system did its work, the rule of law is being upheld and it is time for SNC-Lavalin to look to its future.

     

    In a series of tweets today, the former Liberal cabinet minister at the centre of the SNC-Lavalin affair says accountability was ultimately achieved.

     

    The Montreal-based engineering firm has been caught up in a political storm since February, when the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that prime ministerial aides leaned on Wilson-Raybould, attorney general at the time, to ensure there was a deal that would avoid prosecution.

     

    Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet days later and was subsequently ousted from the Liberal caucus.

     

    SNC-Lavalin had unsuccessfully pressed the director of prosecutions to negotiate a special settlement — known as a remediation agreement — out of concern the company could be barred from federal contracts for a decade.

     

    SNC-Lavalin says today it expects a guilty plea to fraud by its construction subsidiary will not hinder the company's long-term business prospects.

     

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