There is enough evidence against SNC-Lavalin for the engineering corporation to be tried on fraud and bribery charges, a Quebec court judge has ruled.
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.
But its efforts ignited a major political scandal in Ottawa when the former attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, accused the Prime Minister’s Office of pressuring her to arrange a deal for SNC-Lavalin.
The court’s decision was handed down in Montreal on Wednesday. It followed an extended preliminary inquiry into accusations from federal prosecutors in 2015.
Oh, oh, is right. Good timing or what?
the Turd’s luck has run out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Double damn. This is actually prying a nail OUT of the coffin of Canada…
Western separation is 0.1% less likely because of this…
I suspect Quebec sees the gold bullion wheels loosening on their cash from the ROC train…
Which means that having the current leadership of the Lpc is starting to annoy liberals.
How soon before a public display and by whom willing to risk caucus ejection?
Kevin…you’re ABSOLUTELY right.
About 0.1% less – NO kidding.
Even if this actually goes to trial and the pricinpals have to swear to “their” truth…matters nothing to those of us in the West. Not a damned thing other than to prove the existance of the Mass Perenial & Genetic Corruption of the Quebec-Ottawa CABAL consisting of Power Corp, the rest of the Laurentien Elites, the Desmarias & Bronfmann Families and their dogs, the Quebec mafia.
Something we have known about since the early ’70’s.
…and Something that will >b>NEVER EVER change.
UDI – regardless.
Yeah sure, this will make that Pink Elephant limp.
Whats enjoyable is reading the running commentary in the comments.
Yes there is a liberal civil war going and its the gorilla in the room.
Liberal insiders talking to C Hebert about a leadership replacement? Ok so which insiders want that information disseminated to Torstar readers and CBC At Issue watchers?
Answer, those in the liberal caucus that think their party could make all this go away if they could manipulate the process to put their choice in the big chair, like they did with Paul Martin and Michael Ignattieff.
But I digress.
Things are about to get messy at the rate of a leak a day, the goal being to undercut potential leadership rivals.
Grab yer popcorn and a front row seat, the Sockmonkey has just become a conservative asset.
PM Dumbkopf will NOT step down, cuz daddy didn’t. He will ride the tide into the gutter, it won’t matter what his MPs say, he will tell them that HE is responsible for them even being MPs in the first place, and ministers too.
Yes, he will go down with the ship, let’s enjoy his downward spiral
What kind of temper tantrum did the Turd have when someone read him the news?
There has got to be a “Hitler Meme” done for this one!!
(Any takers on a wager on how long that will be on YouTube before it is wiped clean?)
Writes itself doesn’t it?
This news is crying out for a Downfall parody – “Hitler finds out that SNC is going to trial”.
He is right now, setting up his next “apology” tour
Yes.. Pride Parade Season is almost upon us..
Indeed it must have been spectacular. Wonder if they let him bang his sippy cup against his high chair.
Let me guess
SNC Lavalin will stall the court case until after the election?
Remember who is in power over our Courts right now.
“Let me guess SNC Lavalin will stall the court case until after the election?”
Because Zoolander wants this to be in the news and for it to be an election talking point for the opposition, right? Clever.
I think they will plead out. The Libs won’t dare touch this with a 10 foot pole. SNC has nowhere to go except a nasty trial, which will hurt their patrons.
This is the worst of all possible outcomes for both and I couldn’t be happier.
SNC will try to get the charges thrown out as it took too long to go to trial.
Old Names: Liberals
New Name: SNC Liberals ….after all it is who the MP for Papineau works for!
That’s a little inaccurate, Suburban Capitalist.
Justin works for his dad’s foundation and the Chinese businessmen who fund it.
Let’s see if this results in some jail time, especially for the Liberal cabinet.
Actually they will all walk away Scott free. The media will make sure of that.
The media isn’t the unelected judges, though.
It’s time for Jody to go on a speaking tour.
Ironically the cabal still does not understand how the DPA legislation works.
If the AG invokes they do the following:
AG takes over the prosecution relieving the DPP of responsibility.
The AG also publishes in writing (per the Accountability Act) the reasons for doing so.
The AG then applies to the court to entertain a DPA with the caveat that the defendant meets the conditions of eligibility.
Should the judge reject the application the AG now has to take the role of the prosecution and do so to the best of their abilities. Should the court believe the AG is not doing their job they can be held in contempt of court. If that happens it could risk their ability to ever practice law.
Now digress back to when JWR was AG and what she told the Sockmonkey, that going for the DPA was a non starter.
My guess is Lametti didn’t read the DPA until after he took the cabinet post.
Start the countdown for the next cabinet shuffle.
Sit back and watch.
The company will get to walk.
If they are fined, they will just apply for welfare just like other companies do, Bombardier comes to mind, and pay the fine from the money the various governments extracted from working people.
Problem solved.
Move on.
Does this mean that SNC will not be building a Canadian Pipe Line, funded by shareholders in a Canadian Development Company… backstopped by the BANKS & a retired SC Justice ……This would mean Jody has won her absolute Indian control of ALL Pipelines across Canada…….Get ready Canadians for a long & deep famine….The feeling’s & smoke dance tribe of non-Indian (Less than 50%) Jody the Metis
Lev nails it,this is actually damage control.
Using the Just Us System ,SNC and their employees,the Liberal media party, will now make this fade away,”It is before the courts”.
Problem solved until after election.
Then ,depending on who wins, the case will fail on technicalities or come to a deal,to which the taxpayer will not be invited.
Having watched the Just Us System decay into full klepto-mode,which the CSA case just underlined,I have every faith the special persons will find a way around the law.
Laws are for the little people.
And only the little people.
If you disagree,you are committing Bad Think,if you say so,you have committed “Hate Crime”.
Are the peasants revolting?
I have no illusions how this works.
When I look in the direction of Ottawa the first statement that comes to mind is:
“Madam we have determined what kind of woman you are, now we are determining price.”
Exactly. All the principles will walk away, and by the time of the election call it will be ‘what scandal’? Old news.
We have seen too often how the Liberals get away any corruption.
This ruling largely vindicates what Andrew Coyne wrote – that something rotten is afoot in the Trudeau government. This is a cloud that will hang over the Libd through the election. There will be more negative press stories to come.
Not sure about that Ken. It is quite big and it refuses to go away. JWR, everyones’ favorite Injun racist is still in the news. The stench lingers. After last federal election Justine appeared invincible and destined for at least eight more years while conservatives in Ontario were resigned to Patrick Brown being our best option. Things changed rather quickly. Justine’s star is falling, regardless of how hard the presstitutites are trying to pick up the turd by the clean end.
anyone want to bet how long it takes for both the crown and defence start whining and demanding a publication ban on the trial
Oh Shiny Court case…
And the corruption will balance itself.
I don’t care who they bribed as long as it wasn’t a Canadian. To do business in Africa and other third world countries you pay the guy at the top. Now if you pay the guy at the top and the Canadian government gives that country our money to buy our product, then hang the bastards. Ramadanadingdon up date, 2307 dead and 1430 wounded
SNC staff were guilty of bribery in Canada; the McGill health centre and I believe it was the Champlain bridge.
There are undoubtedly more.
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read slower…
“The former head of Canada’s Federal Bridge Corporation,
Michel Fournier pleaded guilty in 2017 to receiving $2.3 million
from an SNC subsidiary between 2001 and 2003. Fournier
admitted that, in exchange, he helped the corporation secure
a $127-million contract to refurbish Montreal’s Jacques Cartier
Bridge.”
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Neo, Thanks for the correction.
It also makes me wonder where the “bad investments” money that was not recovered from Fournier really went.
“I don’t care who they bribed as long as it can be used to destroy Libranos”
FTFY.
Get back to me when SNC Lavalin is nationalized without compensation to shareholders, its debts repudiated and its assets sold to businesses whose representatives are willing to affirm, under oath in open court, that they have never won a contract by bribing government officials.
Get back to me when when you grow a functioning braincell.
I’m with Lev.
And the BABY will get re-elected much to our chagrin.
Trudeau getting reelected would be spectacular news. It would mean Canada is all but guaranteed to cease to exist, and I am all for that.
You’re a dreamer. Who is going to issue the referendum/UDI, the same Premier Kenney you’re so keen on? Dream on.
kevin McStoopid, I’v been listening to that schitt since 1980, and yer still just a bone moner. It will never happen, because there are too many stoopid arses like you in newfberta
Nope. This trial is a magic hand wave that costs the liberals nothing while hiding the much more important trans mountain scandals.
First, in Quebec the voter reaction will be along the lines of “so SNC paid bribes, so what?” and in the rest of Canada people will shrug, mutter “Quebec” and move on.
Meanwhile.. the plan is for the feds to indirectly lend the BC bands about $3.75 Billion while a private sector partner is prevailed upon to pay about a billion for trans-mountain’s assets and then operate what’s left of the Kinder-Morgran co in Canada. On the books, Trudeau will claim a profit, the courts will rule as they’re told, and no one will ever ask about the inevitable loan write-off or the role SNC, the Bank of Montreal, and a whole nest of senior liberals played in the mess.
But But, look at Mike Duffy! He He ate to much at a senate buffet! I can hear the bleating already, from the prostitute media, or lying whores, whichever.
Can’t see any Quebec company, especially one with an incestuous relationship with the Libranos ever being held accountable… somehow this scandal will disappear and the Liberal Party bought and paid for Media will ignore all of it… 600 million taxpayer dollars goes a long way… no Duffy treatment, no 16 dollar orange juice hysteria. Quebecers own this country in every way and corruption is simply part of the culture. I also can’t see why anyone that voted for Turdhole’s Butts won”t vote for the shit stain again, its not like they’re sophisticated voters or care about Canada, if anything they’re dumber than Justine… they vote for socks and hair for F’s sake. Somehow SNC and the Liberals will get away with their corruption and the voters will reward them with unfettered power.
unfortunately I think you are correct.
If the Liberals and David Lametti have their corrupt way SNC Lavalin will still get their Deferred Prosecution! Their corruption will not allow SNC to be charged! We have now entered The Banana Republic phase that Jody Wilson Raybound saw coming!! The Canada I use to honor has been destroyed by the political LEFT! The move to separate is in my opinion our only option!
the sockpotato still claims its about protecting zhobs.
displaying a level of stupidity that has never existed in the pmo.
the FACT is *engineers are loyal to their profession*. they go where the work is.
snc gets punched in the face and loses business, guess what pm twat, the work goes elsewhere and
the now former snc engineers FOLLOW IT.
I’m betting that Lametti will announce that SNC is getting a DPA at 4:45 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in July when everyone is either on vacation or shopping for an air conditioner.