Canadian Politics Today

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...