SNC asks court to review federal decision excluding it from remediation regime
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MONTREAL — Arguing that federal prosecutors unreasonably excluded SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. from negotiating an agreement that could have resolved corruption and fraud charges before trial, the company has filed for a judicial review of the decision.
On Oct. 10, the engineering giant announced that the Public Prosecution Service of Canada had declined to “invite” it take part in a remediation regime introduced in the Criminal Code this year.
A conviction on the charges filed in 2015 could prevent the company from bidding on any federal project for up to 10 years, but SNC had hoped to reach a deal that would set them aside in return for fines, co-operation and other penalties.
The request for judicial review, filed in Federal Court, cites “the extremely negative consequences the underlying legal proceedings have had and will continue to have (even in the event of an acquittal) on (SNC) and innocent stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, pensioners and stakeholders, in the absence of an invitation to negotiate.”
