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Is there any possible way of making sure that such involvement is part of the public record?

The law requires that any instructions to be published in a Canadian legal journal. People can break the law but that can happen with any law.

I am also not sold on the notion that letting SNC-Lavalin off with a slap on the wrist is in the public interest.

I don't have an opinion on this. I am only thinking of the principles involved. If the Liberals published such directions in a legal journal as required then a reporter/opposition politician could make it a political issue and raise the points that you raise.

IOne can't help wonder if the "remediation" process in itself was invented with the intention of letting SNC-Lavalin escape their legal troubles with just a slap on the wrist.

The US and UK have similar laws already in place so the law is not unreasonable or unusual. Stuffing it in a budget bill makes rotten fish smell good by comparison.

Circumstances around this whole affair create an appearance of impropriety such that a full and transparent is required to clear the air.

Agreed. The only point i wanted to make is that, given what we know so far, it is possible that the government did nothing wrong but we need an open inquiry to determine if this is the case.