‘Show up and do something’: critics call on lobbying commissioner to act on Dion report

The ethics report reveals ‘too many unanswered questions’ around the extent of SNC-Lavalin’s lobbying, and the commissioner should ‘show up’ and investigate, critics say.

NDP MP Charlie Angus and Conservative MP Peter Kent, pictured on Aug. 21, in a scrum with Hill reporters following the Liberal-majority committee's decision to block their call for a hearing with the ethics commissioner. Both critics say the lobbying commissioner should conduct a probe into SNC's lobbying. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN, BEATRICE PAEZ

August 26, 2019

Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion’s damning report on the prime minister documented previously undisclosed interactions between SNC-Lavalin and the government during the embattled company’s pursuit of a deferred prosecution agreement, raising questions from critics a...

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