You keep saying that, yet you are unable to dispute that the very text of the DPA legislation specifies that the economic consequences were NOT to be taken into account in determining whether to negotiate a DPA.
And, per your earlier contribution to the thread, the Minister of Justice is NOT supposed to tell the PPSC what to do anyway.
Kathleen Roussel was correct in determining SNC-Lavalin was not eligible for a DPA.
JWR was correct in not attempting to interfere or overrule Kathleen Rousel's decision.
Those urging JWR to interfere on behalf of SNC-Lavalin were in the wrong.
I gave you the clue/insight in my earlier reply... then repeated it in another reply to you and highlighted you really need to read that waldo gem! Apparently, you either refused to read or your intuitive chops are lacking - I'll go with both!
ok, ok, notwithstanding you've got nuthin... other than a G&M article based on any anonymous source (
other than your wishful thinking(™)), I'll shout it out for ya: EVEN WITHOUT A DPA, SEE ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCRETIONARY POWER... CONDITIONAL ON AN EVALUATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST, etc.
wait, what? JWR's replacement, the New Justice Minister/Attorney General David Lametti, said what?
New federal Attorney-General David Lametti says it is still possible he could issue a directive to the prosecution service to settle corruption charges against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. out of court.
“There is a specific set of rules that would allow the Attorney-General to direct a public process, in a transparent process, through the Canada Gazette,” he told CTV’s Question Period on Sunday. “That remains a possibility. But I’m not going to comment on the possibility of that now because that case is before the courts.”
So anyway, what are the waldo's thoughts on Gerald "Don't call me Seymour" Butts resigning? What are you hearing through the channels on this? What's the word? What are the whispers?
c'mon, read/digest my posts, hey!
There are several more than capable people available to take on the 'Principal Secretary' role; Butts sees his higher calling... free of the PMO shackles... ready to concentrate on the 2019 election.