The federal government has given SNC-Lavalin a contract worth $150 million, despite the Quebec-based firm’s history of corruption, which includes bid-rigging, fraud, bribery and illegal campaign contributions.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the public works department admitted it hired SNC-Lavalin weeks after the pandemic outbreak in Canada, as part of the government’s COVID-19 response. The engineering firm received $150 million to design and deliver mobile health units.
NDP MP Charlie Angus called the government’s relationship with SNC-Lavalin “highly questionable,” asking why the company has not been blacklisted as a federal contractor.
In fact, SNC-Lavalin is the only company to be given a waiver from the 2015 Government Wide Integrity Regime, a system that would blacklist federal contractors found to have engaged in criminal acts.
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