QUESTION PERIOD — Prime Minister’s Office
SNC-Lavalin
March 20, 2019
My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Today, we learned from Radio-Canada’s Montreal newsroom that Neil Bruce, the big boss at SNC-Lavalin, publicly stated in an interview that the company had never cited the loss of 9,000 jobs as a reason it should get a deferred prosecution agreement. What was the real motive of Prime Minister Trudeau’s office in this matter?
I thank the honourable senator for his question. I obviously can’t comment on what comments the gentleman concerned from SNC-Lavalin may or may not have made. What I can tell you, as the Prime Minister has said on a number of occasions, along with other ministers, is the Government of Canada remains concerned about any job loss and will take steps that are appropriate and within the law to advance those jobs and create other jobs.
If SNC-Lavalin, the main party concerned, says that it never mentioned the risk of losing 9,000 jobs if it did not get this agreement, doesn’t that mean it was the Prime Minister who made up a reason?
No.
