Let’s not forget what sparked the SNC-Lavalin affair

The Quebec engineering company’s desire to gain lucrative contracts in Gaddafi’s Libya led to the fraud and corruption charges it sought to have dealt with through a deferred prosecution agreement.

Foreign minister John Baird, second from right, alongside then-ambassador to Libya Sandra McCardell, right, meet staff of Canada's mission to Libya in Tripoli during Mr. Baird’s visit to the North African country on Oct. 11, 2011. Photograph courtesy of Global Affairs Canada

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 20, 2019

OTTAWA—Almost lost in the media storm surrounding the resignation of former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould, sparked by allegations that she faced political pressure from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, is the timeline of events surrounding the alleged infractions that sparked the ...

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