Feds award SNC-Lavalin $150 million contract for COVID-19 response

 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. was awarded a $150 million pandemic contract despite former executives being cited for bid-rigging, fraud, bribery and illegal campaign contributions, records show. Opposition MPs have questioned why the Québec engineering firm is not blacklisted as a federal contractor:

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. Read Full Article Here