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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others
Methinks this situation is merely assisting many lawyers to try to justify their fees as they flog a dead horse N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/04/prosecutor-cited-gravity-of-alleged-snc.html
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/snc-lavalin-federal-court-appeal-1.5086604
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1211 Comments
Ted Nesbitt
Libya bribes....
Montreal Hospital bribes....
Montreal Bridge bribes......
SNC doesn't learn.....time to say no to the DPA and take them to Court.....if they are barred from bidding on Govt contracts for 10 years, too bad.....there are lots of other reputable Canadian Engineering & Contracting Management Firms that can step in and fill the void.....Canadian workers will still get the work, and fat cats won't get so fat with bribes and Govt contract favoritism......
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ted Nesbitt: "there are lots of other reputable Canadian Engineering & Contracting Management Firms that can step in and fill the void"
True
Simon McVeigh
Wernick: "The Prime Minister is ... in a mood... he will find one way or another to get this done"
David R. AmosReply to @Simon McVeigh: Methinks he is in another mood N'esy Pas?
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn't discuss the appeal when asked about it at an event in Scarborough, Ont., on Friday."
David R. Amos
Rosemary Simpson
What part of "NO" does SNC not understand?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Rosemary Simpson: "This situation seems to be developing many layers."
Methinks this situation is merely assisting many lawyers to try to justify their fees as they flog a dead horse N'esy Pas?
Brian Rose
Just stunned by their actions. Led down a path by the Liberals and it just keeps going. Reprehensible
David R. Amos
Reply to @Brian Rose: Methinks thou doth jest just enough to make liberal lawyers laugh at themselves N'esy Pas?
Simon Kung
Investigate the Trudeau Foundation.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Simon Kung: Methinks we should investigate the Crown N'esy Pas?
Bozak Derek
A quebec corporation with the power to not only have the PM in its pocket, but to also get him to change the law in its favor and fire a not so friendly AG , just to get its own way.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Bozak Derek: What else is new?
Cyrus Manz
Clearly banking on Trudeau's new and more friendly Attorney General, sympathetic to their history of BRIBERY , racketeering, financial embezzlement and other violations of the law.
Just wait until EDC's result of investigations into this company's loans worth "BILLIONS" surface just before the elections.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Cyrus Manz: Methinks the plot does thicken rather nicely N'esy Pas?
Al Kennedy
A Canadian company to be proud of? Making corruption history around the world.
SNC-Lavalin Inc. and 114 of its affiliates are barred from bidding on World Bank Group-financed projects for 10 years. "This represents the longest debarment period that has ever been agreed to in a World Bank settlement," the bank said in a statement. AND Canada now dominates the World Bank corruption list, thanks to SNC-Lavalin.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Kennedy: Methinks many would agree that the World Bank Group does not deserve any respect either N'esy Pas?
John Brown
Can't fault 'em for being quitters...they're like that one horsefly what drives you bonkers while you're mowing the g.d. lawn in a 100 degree heat. It just won't stop unless you bash it good.
David R. Amos
Reply to @John Brown: True
Dee Thompsan
If they still get a DPA after all of this, this will pretty much prove that the liberals are the most corrupt party to ever exist. If the libs think they're in trouble now, this will sink them beyond repair.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Dee Thompsan: YUP
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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is making another legal bid to obtain a deferred prosecution agreement. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Canada's director of public prosecutions cited the "nature and gravity" of SNC-Lavalin's alleged corruption in Libya in making a preliminary decision not to negotiate a special plea agreement on the criminal charges it faces, the company says in a new court filing.
The prosecutor's office also pointed to the "degree of involvement" of senior company officers and said the Montreal-based firm "did not self-report" the conduct that gave rise to the charges, SNC-Lavalin reveals in the court documents.
Lawyers for the director of public prosecutions provided the three reasons during a brief Sept. 5, 2018, phone conversation with SNC-Lavalin to explain the prosecutor's "preliminary indication" that an invitation to negotiate what is known as a remediation agreement with the company would not be forthcoming, the filing says.
The company's submission to the Federal Court of Appeal is the first public mention of the prosecutor's apparent rationale for not pursuing an agreement with SNC-Lavalin that would see the company avoid a criminal trial and a possible 10-year prohibition from receiving federal contracts.
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However, SNC-Lavalin says in the court submission there is no basis for the three concerns expressed by the prosecutor's office, and that the entire process of determining whether to pursue a remediation agreement "was completely flawed."
SNC-Lavalin cites revelations from recent parliamentary-committee testimony by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould and others in its latest effort to reopen the door to an agreement.
SNC-Lavalin has been at the centre of a national political storm since February, when the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that prime ministerial aides leaned on Wilson-Raybould, while she was attorney general, to ensure a remediation agreement for the company.
Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet days later and was ousted this week from the Liberal caucus.
The director of prosecutions formally told SNC-Lavalin on Oct. 9, 2018, that negotiating an agreement would be inappropriate in this particular case, prompting the company to ask the Federal Court for an order requiring talks.
In a March ruling, the Federal Court tossed out the company's plea for a judicial review of the decision. The court said the law is clear that prosecutorial discretion is not subject to judicial review, except for cases where there is an abuse of process.
In its new filing with the Court of Appeal, SNC-Lavalin says "new and deeply troubling facts" that came to light in the political drama show that checks and balances intended to ensure accountability were "critically circumvented," amounting to a "clear abuse of process."
The company notes testimony before the House of Commons justice committee made it clear that on Sept. 4, 2018, director of prosecutions Kathleen Roussel provided Wilson-Raybould with a memo that apparently outlined the prosecutor's case against a remediation agreement.
By Sept. 16, Wilson-Raybould told the committee, she had formed the view it was unnecessary to intervene in the prosecutor's decision.
However, SNC-Lavalin stresses in its filing that significant activity was taking place between those dates.
Following the Sept. 5 phone call, the public prosecutor agreed to receive additional SNC-Lavalin information addressing the three newly stated concerns, the company says. Its subsequent submissions came in letters to the prosecutor Sept. 7 and Sept. 17.
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It points a finger at Roussel, arguing the prosecutor failed to advise Wilson-Raybould that she had agreed to receive additional information from the company and neglected to update her Sept. 4 memo to the then-attorney general.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn't discuss the appeal when asked about it at an event in Scarborough, Ont., on Friday.
On Thursday, David Lametti, the current attorney general, cited the possibility of an appeal as a reason he would not answer any questions about his position on a remediation agreement.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/5796430/SNC-appeal-2019-04-05-13-59.pdf
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others
Methinks this situation is merely assisting many lawyers to try to justify their fees as they flog a dead horse N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/04/prosecutor-cited-gravity-of-alleged-snc.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/snc-lavalin-federal-court-appeal-1.5086604
Prosecutor cited 'gravity' of alleged SNC-Lavalin offences: court documents
1211 Comments
Ted Nesbitt
Libya bribes....
Montreal Hospital bribes....
Montreal Bridge bribes......
SNC doesn't learn.....time to say no to the DPA and take them to Court.....if they are barred from bidding on Govt contracts for 10 years, too bad.....there are lots of other reputable Canadian Engineering & Contracting Management Firms that can step in and fill the void.....Canadian workers will still get the work, and fat cats won't get so fat with bribes and Govt contract favoritism......
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ted Nesbitt: "there are lots of other reputable Canadian Engineering & Contracting Management Firms that can step in and fill the void"
True
Simon McVeigh
Wernick: "The Prime Minister is ... in a mood... he will find one way or another to get this done"
David R. AmosReply to @Simon McVeigh: Methinks he is in another mood N'esy Pas?
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn't discuss the appeal when asked about it at an event in Scarborough, Ont., on Friday."
David R. Amos
Reply to @George Young: "Please join us on the planet of reality"
Methinks Mr Sharp plays his part quite well at the circus N'esy Pas?
Methinks Mr Sharp plays his part quite well at the circus N'esy Pas?
Rosemary Simpson
What part of "NO" does SNC not understand?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Rosemary Simpson: "This situation seems to be developing many layers."
Methinks this situation is merely assisting many lawyers to try to justify their fees as they flog a dead horse N'esy Pas?
Brian Rose
Just stunned by their actions. Led down a path by the Liberals and it just keeps going. Reprehensible
David R. Amos
Reply to @Brian Rose: Methinks thou doth jest just enough to make liberal lawyers laugh at themselves N'esy Pas?
Simon Kung
Investigate the Trudeau Foundation.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Simon Kung: Methinks we should investigate the Crown N'esy Pas?
Bozak Derek
A quebec corporation with the power to not only have the PM in its pocket, but to also get him to change the law in its favor and fire a not so friendly AG , just to get its own way.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Bozak Derek: What else is new?
Cyrus Manz
Clearly banking on Trudeau's new and more friendly Attorney General, sympathetic to their history of BRIBERY , racketeering, financial embezzlement and other violations of the law.
Just wait until EDC's result of investigations into this company's loans worth "BILLIONS" surface just before the elections.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Cyrus Manz: Methinks the plot does thicken rather nicely N'esy Pas?
Al Kennedy
A Canadian company to be proud of? Making corruption history around the world.
SNC-Lavalin Inc. and 114 of its affiliates are barred from bidding on World Bank Group-financed projects for 10 years. "This represents the longest debarment period that has ever been agreed to in a World Bank settlement," the bank said in a statement. AND Canada now dominates the World Bank corruption list, thanks to SNC-Lavalin.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Kennedy: Methinks many would agree that the World Bank Group does not deserve any respect either N'esy Pas?
John Brown
Can't fault 'em for being quitters...they're like that one horsefly what drives you bonkers while you're mowing the g.d. lawn in a 100 degree heat. It just won't stop unless you bash it good.
David R. Amos
Reply to @John Brown: True
Dee Thompsan
If they still get a DPA after all of this, this will pretty much prove that the liberals are the most corrupt party to ever exist. If the libs think they're in trouble now, this will sink them beyond repair.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Dee Thompsan: YUP
Prosecutor cited 'gravity' of alleged SNC-Lavalin offences: court documents
Company cites revelations from parliamentary committee testimony in Federal Court appeal
Canada's director of public prosecutions cited the "nature and gravity" of SNC-Lavalin's alleged corruption in Libya in making a preliminary decision not to negotiate a special plea agreement on the criminal charges it faces, the company says in a new court filing.
The prosecutor's office also pointed to the "degree of involvement" of senior company officers and said the Montreal-based firm "did not self-report" the conduct that gave rise to the charges, SNC-Lavalin reveals in the court documents.
Lawyers for the director of public prosecutions provided the three reasons during a brief Sept. 5, 2018, phone conversation with SNC-Lavalin to explain the prosecutor's "preliminary indication" that an invitation to negotiate what is known as a remediation agreement with the company would not be forthcoming, the filing says.
The company's submission to the Federal Court of Appeal is the first public mention of the prosecutor's apparent rationale for not pursuing an agreement with SNC-Lavalin that would see the company avoid a criminal trial and a possible 10-year prohibition from receiving federal contracts.
Power and Politics
Does SNC-Lavalin have a case?
SNC-Lavalin has launched a fresh court bid for a special agreement to avoid prosecution on corruption charges. Lawyer and University of Toronto professor Kenneth Jull breaks down their case. 6:57
The engineering and construction giant faces prosecution over allegations it paid millions of dollars in bribes to obtain government business in Libya from 2001 to 2011.However, SNC-Lavalin says in the court submission there is no basis for the three concerns expressed by the prosecutor's office, and that the entire process of determining whether to pursue a remediation agreement "was completely flawed."
SNC-Lavalin has been at the centre of a national political storm since February, when the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that prime ministerial aides leaned on Wilson-Raybould, while she was attorney general, to ensure a remediation agreement for the company.
Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet days later and was ousted this week from the Liberal caucus.
Cites 'new and deeply troubling' facts
The director of prosecutions formally told SNC-Lavalin on Oct. 9, 2018, that negotiating an agreement would be inappropriate in this particular case, prompting the company to ask the Federal Court for an order requiring talks.
In a March ruling, the Federal Court tossed out the company's plea for a judicial review of the decision. The court said the law is clear that prosecutorial discretion is not subject to judicial review, except for cases where there is an abuse of process.
In its new filing with the Court of Appeal, SNC-Lavalin says "new and deeply troubling facts" that came to light in the political drama show that checks and balances intended to ensure accountability were "critically circumvented," amounting to a "clear abuse of process."
By Sept. 16, Wilson-Raybould told the committee, she had formed the view it was unnecessary to intervene in the prosecutor's decision.
However, SNC-Lavalin stresses in its filing that significant activity was taking place between those dates.
Following the Sept. 5 phone call, the public prosecutor agreed to receive additional SNC-Lavalin information addressing the three newly stated concerns, the company says. Its subsequent submissions came in letters to the prosecutor Sept. 7 and Sept. 17.
Power and Politics
SNC-Lavalin launches fresh bid for remediation | Power Panel
Jen Gerson, Martin Patriquin, Evan Dyer and Paul Wells discuss SNC_Lavalin's renewed bid for a special agreement to avoid prosecution on corruption charges. 10:11
SNC-Lavalin says Wilson-Raybould made no mention of these developments and was likely not aware of them. As a result, her conclusion not to intervene "was based on incomplete information," the company contends.It points a finger at Roussel, arguing the prosecutor failed to advise Wilson-Raybould that she had agreed to receive additional information from the company and neglected to update her Sept. 4 memo to the then-attorney general.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn't discuss the appeal when asked about it at an event in Scarborough, Ont., on Friday.
On Thursday, David Lametti, the current attorney general, cited the possibility of an appeal as a reason he would not answer any questions about his position on a remediation agreement.
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/5796430/SNC-appeal-2019-04-05-13-59.pdf
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