SNC-Lavalin

Beginning in February 2019, Trudeau’s government became embroiled in a political scandal involving allegations that members of his staff had improperly pushed Jody Wilson-Raybould, who was attorney general and justice minister, to take actions to halt the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, a giant Quebec-based…

Vijayan was implicated in the SNC-Lavalin case, which concerned allegations of irregularities in a contract awarded by the Kerala State Electricity Board to Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin for the renovation of several hydroelectric power projects in Kerala during his tenure as minister for power and cooperation (1996–98). Corruption allegations were…

…to halt the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, a huge Quebec-based construction and engineering company. In 2015 the firm had been charged with corruption and fraud stemming from allegations that it had used bribery to win contracts from the Libyan government during the regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi. A change to the Canadian…