After year of political turmoil, SNC-Lavalin gets most of what it wanted in plea deal

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jody-wilson-raybould-moves-out-ministerial-office-1.5401975

Jody Wilson-Raybould moves out of ministerial office suite after initially refusing

Independent MP called request to leave 'petty'

CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2019 11:15 PM ET




Jody Wilson-Raybould moved out of her Parliament Hill ministerial suite of offices after coming to an agreement with the House of Commons administration. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Jody Wilson-Raybould moved out of her Parliament Hill office after initially refusing to vacate the suite of offices she was assigned as a cabinet minister, CBC News confirmed on Wednesday.

Wilson-Raybould and the House of Commons administration came to an agreement, according to Heather Bradley, the director of communications for the Speaker of the House.

• Jody Wilson-Raybould is refusing to move out of her entire ministerial office suite

The Independent MP now has a new office in the Confederation Building in Ottawa. Previously, Wilson-Raybould and her small staff occupied a series of six offices equipped with a private bathroom on the fourth floor of the Confederation Building — a suite she was assigned when she was a minister and had a larger staff complement.

The Liberals requested the use of the ministerial suite for one of their newly appointed ministers.
"It seems a little bit petty to me," Wilson-Raybould told CBC News last week. "It makes no sense to remove me from my MP office. So I don't understand why they're wanting to do it."

Parliament Hill offices are reassigned after each election, with priority based on party standings. As an Independent, Wilson-Raybould would have been among the last MPs given a chance to choose an office.

With files from David Cochrane and Jorge Barrera

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Jeff Quinn
No Jody, It's what happens after every election. Refusing to leave and throwing a temper tantrum is what seems petty in this story.


David Allan
Reply to @Aaron Morris:
"Merry day-after-SNC-Lavalin-found-guilty-of-corruption day, and a happy how-was-trudeau-linked new year!"

weak
This has nothing to do with SNC.

JWR is a spoiled rich kid who acts like the world revolves around herself.
 

Aaron Morris 

Reply to @David Allan:
I thought you would appreciate my nondenominational holiday blessing. I'm sorry you're offended! 

 

John Atkins
Reply to @Aaron Morris: No one appreciates your view.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @John Atkins: Some of us do

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Aaron Morris: Welcome to the Circus

Doug White
"It seems a little bit petty to me," Wilson-Raybould told CBC News last week. "It makes no sense to remove me from my MP office. So I don't understand why they're wanting to do it."

She was once the justice minister, and can't even figure this out all by herself? 


Bill Harding
Reply to @David Allan:I think she should lay low for awhile and rebuild her credibility. Refusing to leave an office you have no right to keep makes her look pretty silly.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Bill Harding: Dream on

Bill Nest
Hopefully this will be the last free publicity she will get.

Mark Jean

Reply to @Bill Nest: Agree, time to turn the page.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Mark Jean: Not in her book

Norm Owen
"It seems a little bit petty to me," Wilson-Raybould told CBC News last week. "It makes no sense to remove me from my MP office. So I don't understand why they're wanting to do it."

She cant understand why an office meant for cabinet ministers is wanted for a cabinet minister? Good god and she says others are petty....

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Norm Owen: She is a political lawyer Hence she is permitted to be petty

Brian Johnson
Now that almost all of Canada complained , she finally moved.
'Neighbor from hell' ... she was.


David Raymond Amos 

Reply to @Brian Johnson: Still is

John VanHaverbeke
Finally, enough of her drama!

Edie Allen

Reply to @John VanHaverbeke: Oh, I'm sure there'll be more.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Edie Allen: Me Too

Daryl McMurphy
JWR, Over entitled and under qualified.


David Raymond Amos 

Reply to @Daryl McMurphy: and very unethical

Elma Fayerrly
There are always ways to get yourself in the spotlight. Who knows better than JWR?


David Raymond Amos 

Reply to @Elma Fayerrly: Trudeau

David Sampson
Now if only the media will simply ignore all future attempts by Jody to become the story! Best to just ignore her from here on.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Sampson: Dream on

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Sampson: Coincidence???

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-wilson-raybould-snc-lavalin-1.5401353

After year of political turmoil, SNC-Lavalin gets most of what it wanted in plea deal

'The rest of the company will be able to continue to have access to public contracts,' says François Legault

Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2019 6:19 PM ET 

The bust-up between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould came close to ending Trudeau's government - and it may have accomplished nothing. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's failed efforts to see SNC-Lavalin avoid prosecution led to him losing two key ministers, his edge in the polls and (almost) his party's hold on government, the Quebec engineering firm at the centre of the controversy walked away today with a plea deal that looks a lot like what it asked the government for in the first place.

A judge on Thursday accepted the plea deal that a division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. struck with the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Under the agreement, the company pleaded guilty to one charge of fraud over $5,000 in relation to the company's activities in Libya.

All other charges have been dropped.

"We are happy. The company is happy," said SNC-Lavalin lawyer François Fontaine. "The fact that the charges are no longer pending over the head of the company is good. The uncertainty around that kind of proceeding is bad for business, is bad for the company.

"So we're very happy that it's now over. We are free to bid as normal. This guilty plea does not prevent construction, or any other entity of the group, to bid on public contracts."

• SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud for past work in Libya, will pay $280M fine

• CBC EXPLAINS
  What you need to know about the SNC-Lavalin affair

• Former SNC-Lavalin executive found guilty on Libya corruption charges

After SNC-Lavalin was hit with fraud and corruption charges over its actions in Libya between 2001 and 2011, officials from the Prime Minister's Office spoke with then justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, asking her to reconsider offering the firm a deferred prosecution agreement.

Under newly passed legislation, a deferred prosecution agreement would allow the company to avoid trial providing it paid hefty fines and continued to adhere to a number of conditions for a period of time.

Had the company been convicted in court of bribing Libyan officials — including Saadi Gadhafi, son of the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi — to get lucrative government contracts, it could have been blocked from competing for federal government contracts in Canada for a decade.

"I have long believed in the essential necessity of our judicial system operating as it should — based on the rule of law and prosecutorial independence, and without political interference or pressure," Wilson-Raybould said today on Twitter.

"Ultimately, that system was able to do its work — as democracy and good governance requires — and an outcome was reached today. Accountability was achieved. The justice system did its work."

Former health minister Jane Philpott and former attorney general of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould both resigned from cabinet over the SNC-Lavalin affair. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

In early 2019, media reports said that Wilson-Raybould felt she was being improperly pressured by Trudeau's senior adviser and the clerk of the Privy Council to ask the DPP to consider offering SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement.

Wilson-Raybould refused, saying she believed the prosecution service should be free from political influence in its decisions. Trudeau later said he did not direct the attorney general to reverse a decision — that he just wanted her to reconsider the deferred prosecution agreement option.

Months of political controversy followed, resulting in Wilson-Raybould resigning from cabinet before being tossed out of the Liberal caucus along with her ally in the public debate that ensued: former health and Indigenous services minister Jane Philpott.

Mario Dion, the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, released a report in August that found Trudeau had violated the Conflict of Interest Act.

'You don't get do-overs in politics'

The allegation that Trudeau improperly tried to influence the attorney general significantly depressed the prime minister's voter support.

Trudeau defended his actions by saying that he was trying to prevent the loss of jobs in Quebec, but the damage to the prime minister's reputation had been done — just as federal political parties were readying themselves for a fall election.

In its year-end interview with the prime minister, the Canadian Press asked Trudeau if his actions on the SNC-Lavalin file were worth the political cost.

"As we look back over the past year on this issue, there are things that we could have, should have, would have done differently had we known," he said.

"You don't get do-overs in politics. You only do the best you can to protect jobs, to respect the independence of the judiciary, and that's exactly what we did every step of the way."


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the Canadian Press today in Ottawa 0:25

The deal SNC-Lavalin struck to avoid trial may not have been a deferred prosecution agreement, but it resulted in almost the same outcome for the company.

All other charges were dropped in exchange for a guilty plea on one charge of fraud over $5,000, plus an agreement to pay $280 million in fines and comply with a probation order for three years.

"So far I'm happy, because that's what we were asking for," said Quebec Premier François Legault. "SNC-Lavalin's paying $280 million, but it's only for a part of the company. The rest of the company will be able to continue to have access to public contracts."

• Jody Wilson-Raybould is Canadian Press newsmaker of the year for 2019

• 5 things we learned from Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion's report on Justin Trudeau

Wilson-Raybould's successor, Justice Minister David Lametti, said he had no part in the deal.

"Yesterday, I became aware that the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and counsel for SNC-Lavalin had reached an agreement to resolve the ongoing criminal proceedings against the company and its affiliates," a statement from Lametti's office said.

"This decision was made independently by the PPSC, as part of their responsibility to continually assess and determine the appropriate path for cases under their jurisdiction. Canadians can have confidence that our judicial and legal systems are working as they should."

With files from The Canadian Press and the CBC's David Cochrane and Sarah Sears

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

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Lucien Martin
Anyone surprised? Not me


David Raymond Amos  

Reply to @Lucien Martin: I said it in jest like Gomer Pyle would and was blocked 

 

  
Myles Grant
JWR was right to hold Trudo to account on the SNC case… But she was wrong in trying to catapult an underqualified and inexperienced judge from Manitoba into the chief justice spot on the Canadian Supreme Court. Arrogance and overreach… That is JWR to a T. Oh yes, and let’s not forget the $125000 in spousal travel fees that she charged to the Canadian tax payer over the last four years for her precious husband. Her sense of entitlement is never ending.


David Raymond Amos  

Reply to @Myles Grant: Folks should why JWR appointed her Deputy Minister to the bench in Federal Court after I had embarrassed both of them in the Federal Court of Appeal. When I pointed out that simple fact in a brief his desperate fellow judges pulled Rule 55 on me. Too too funny Indeed but do ya think the Supreme Court will laugh? Methinks not N'esy Pas?

55 In special circumstances, in a proceeding, the Court may vary a rule or dispense with compliance with a rule.
SOR/2004-283, s. 11 

 

Carl Tyrell (dit antaya)
Timely decision ..just before the holidays


David Raymond Amos 

Reply to @carl Tyrell (dit antaya): Par for the course

Victor CRETU
The day corruption became legal.


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Victor CRETU: Methinks many would agree that you have made a valid point but the history of corruption in Canada asa country goes back to to the first mandate of Sir John Alexander Macdonald N'esy Pas? 




















Aaron Barton
Meanwhile honest western companies can't get a steel tube in the ground. 


Jon Van Lee
Reply to @Aaron Barton:
More con$$$$$sultation needed .... reminds me of what SNC-Lavalin was doing .
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David Raymond AmosReply to @Jon Van Lee: Methinks folks in New Brunswick are wondering when NB Power is gonna sue SNC-Lavalin and the Canadian Government about Point LePreau N'esy Pas?

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Robert Romano
Smells really bad doesn’t it and Canadians still don’t have all the facts as there has not been a fully independent investigation with access to all documents to date? When will Canadians learn the truth?


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Robert Romano: Methinks the obvious question is what has the RCMP done about this? Everybody knows they were asking the former Attorney General questions before the election Now we only seemed be concerned is how soon she vacates her old office N'esy Pas?

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Johnny Rottain
And the corruption that is Trudeau’s liberals continues,,embarrassing for ALL Canadians 


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Johnny Rottain: Methinks many Canadians would be embarrassed to have such a name as you claim to have N'esy Pas? 


Claude Marcotte
Reply to @Johnny Rottain: Get a leader that is Canadian.


David Raymond Amos
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Holley Hardin
So a plea deal..lets SNC off the hook??...what kind of Liberal scam is going on here...

Jon Van Lee

Reply to @Holley Hardin:
Wilson-Raybould, the former attorney general and justice minister, tweeted that “the justice system did its work” and that “accountability was achieved.

Total shock that Justin Trudeau is not saying the same thing ?

Glen Spryszak

Reply to @Holley Hardin:
280 million isn't exactly pocket change........sounds like a respectable fine. And a guilty plea.

David Raymond Amos
 Reply to @Jon Van Lee: Methinks anything Jody Wilson-Raybould says or what Trudeau the Younger does not say should not surprise anyone anymore N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @glen spryszak : Methinks whereas their stock went up immediately SNC actually profited from the sneaky deal. N'esy Pas?

Don Cameron
I would love to know if the new 'justice minister' played a role in the Crown's decision to drop all other charges. Just like the DPA.
This has the smell of collusion about it. 


David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Don Cameron: Methinks everybody knew that collusion existed out of the gate N'esy Pas?






















Lucien Martin
Of course they got what they wanted...look who is pm

Claude Marcotte

Reply to @Lucien Martin: Baseless nonsense.

Johnny Rottain

Reply to @Claude Marcotte: yes your posts are,,,,

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Johnny Rottain: Methinks you two should get a room N'esy Pas?

Lucien Martin
Canada’s rule of law is a joke

David Raymond Amo

Reply to @Lucien Martin: Methinks this rule is the biggest joke of them all

55 In special circumstances, in a proceeding, the Court may vary a rule or dispense with compliance with a rule.
SOR/2004-283, s. 11