I was looking at the infamous January cabinet shuffle. What stood out to me was that the person they chose to replace JWR as AG is cabinet-rookie David Lametti, who is a Montreal MP. By sheer coincidence of course, SNC-Lavalin is a Montreal-based company with its headquarters in the city.
I wonder if an AG from Montreal would have an interest (even a conflict of interest perhaps?) in obtaining a DPA for a Montreal company in order to save 9000 jobs? Surely this unbelievable coincidence wouldn't have occurred to the PM/PMO. Hmm...