The Sad Reality of Liberal Partisans’ Response to Trudeau’s Scandal | The Tyee
But the saddest thing was the response of Liberal partisans.
SNC-Lavalin withdraws 2019 forecast, plans to sell resources unit
Montreal-based
SNC has been facing a trial in Canada over fraud and corruption charges
related to allegations that former executives paid bribes to win
contracts in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, which fell in 2011.
The company’s unsuccessful attempts to reach a settlement led to a
political scandal engulfing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
SNC-Lavalin to stand trial on corruption charges, Quebec judge rules | CBC News
SNC-Lavalin spent months lobbying
the federal government to avoid finding itself in this position. It
hoped to use a new legal mechanism — a deferred prosecution agreement
(DPA) — to pay a fine rather than risk conviction.
The federal Liberals were sent the list in a letter marked “confidential” from the Commissioner of Canada Elections — the investigative branch of Elections Canada — on Aug. 5, 2016. But for nearly three years, neither Elections Canada nor the Liberal Party shared that information publicly.
Trudeau, Scheer Tangle In Heated Exchange About White Supremacy
Trudeau called on the
Conservative leader to denounce white supremacists by name after a Tory
senator’s remarks about racism. Scheer accused the prime minister of
using “typical Liberal smear tactics” to avoid talking about the
SNC-Lavalin affair.