According to an RCMP report, the federal police service could not pursue corruption charges against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his role in the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
Democracy Watch obtained the report through an access to information request that concluded Trudeau pressured then-attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to quash a criminal prosecution against the federal contractor.
According to a 2021 Trudeau II Report by the Ethics Commissioner, the prime minister and political aides arranged 49 meetings and phone calls to discuss SNC-Lavalin’s legal troubles and save it from criminal prosecution, reported Blacklock’s Reporter.
In 2019, SNC-Lavalin pleaded guilty to fraud in Québec Provincial Court and received a $280 million fine. Executives in an Agreed Statement Of Facts admitted the company paid $47.7 million in bribes to win contracts in Libya.
“I was pushed,” Wilson-Raybould wrote in her memoir Indian In The Cabinet.
After Wilson-Raybould refused Trudeau, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) replaced her as justice minister in a subsequent cabinet shuffle, and later ejected her from the Liberal caucus.
“Canadians want to know the truth and want transparency,” she wrote in her memoir, but digressed that “Privilege and confidentiality are not mine to waive.” (more...)
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