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Re: Trudeau accused in SNC-Lavalin scandal
« Reply #375 on: February 28, 2019, 07:56:18 pm »
Everyone take a step back and ask yourself what is political corruption.

That is the issue at hand. Something can be politically corrupt but legal. If Omni or any Liberal or Trudeau want to defend what they did as being legal it doesn't mean it was not politically corrupt and we as Canadians have the right to clearly identify what is political corruption and say NO its not an acceptable social value we want in our politicians who hold office.

We all know that corruption constitutes a type of conflict of interest and in the Lavalin case, a conflict  between Trudeau's concern of political fall out and not getting re-elected if Lavalin was properly sentenced with the public interest, namely the need to punish and prevent Lavalin from doing what it did again.

Trudeau, his office, and the Privy Council enunciated the political interests of Trudeau to get re-elected in Quebec as being more important in priority (paramount) when considering the sentence to the principles of Criminal sentencing clearly outlined under s.718 of the Criminal Code.

So I ask while it may not obstruct justice does it trigger an offence under s.121(d) of the Code? I would argue it does.

121(1) Every one commits an offence who

(a) directly or indirectly

(i) gives, offers or agrees to give or offer to an official or to any member of his family, or to any one for the benefit of an official, or

(ii) being an official, demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from any person for himself or another person, a loan, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with

(iii) the transaction of business with or any matter of business relating to the government, or

(iv) a claim against Her Majesty or any benefit that Her Majesty is authorized or is entitled to
bestow, whether or not, in fact, the official is able to cooperate, render assistance, exercise influence or do or omit to do what is proposed, as the case may be;

(b) having dealings of any kind with the government, directly or indirectly pays a commission or reward to or confers an advantage or benefit of any kind on an employee or official of the government with which the dealings take place, or to any member of the employee’s or official’s family, or to anyone for the benefit of the employee or official, with respect to those dealings, unless the person has the consent in writing of the head of the branch of government with which the dealings take place;

(c) being an official or employee of the government, directly or indirectly demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from a person who has dealings with the government a commission, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind for themselves or another person, unless they have the consent in writing of the head of the branch of government that employs them or of which they are an official;

(d) having or pretending to have influence with the government or with a minister of the government or an official, directly or indirectly demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept, for themselves or another person, a reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence or an act or omission in connection with
(i) anything mentioned in subparagraph (a)(iii) or (iv), or
(ii) the appointment of any person, including themselves, to an office; (e) directly or indirectly gives or offers, or agrees to give or offer, to a minister of the government or an official, or to anyone for the benefit of a minister or an official, a reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for cooperation, assistance, exercise of influence, or an act or omission, by that minister or official, in connection with                                           
(i) anything mentioned in subparagraph (a)(iii) or (iv), or (ii) the appointment of any person, including themselves, to an office; or
(f) having made a tender to obtain a contract with the government,
(i) directly or indirectly gives or offers, or agrees to give or offer, to another person who has made a tender, to a member of that person’s family or to another person for the benefit of that person, a reward, advantage or benefit of any kind as consideration for the withdrawal of the tender of that person, or
(ii) directly or indirectly demands, accepts or offers or agrees to accept from another person who has made a tender a reward, advantage or benefit of any kind for themselves or another person as consideration for the withdrawal of their own tender.





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