Thegipper wrote: ↑07 Feb 2019 20:21
I never thought I would be on the side of SNC. Their crime seems too playing by the rules in third world and emerging markets. That means bribes and payoffs to get contracts.
The Canadian legislation (
the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA)) is similar to that of 43 countries who are party to the OECD anti-Bribery Convention. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD_Anti ... on#Members
If SNC was headquartered in any one of the 43 countries it could be facing similar charges. The object of the Convention (and the National enabling legislations) is to put a
stop to this "business as usual" attitude by companies resident in the signatory countries. Because these payoffs are corrupting public officials in other countries. To quote an old '60's saying "If you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem."
PS. In case you should be tempted to say: "That's very nice, but why should the Canadian voter really care?", let me remind you that SNC has also been implicated in a number of schemes apparently intended to circumvent Canadian electoral financing laws. And it's pretty clear from recent events that they have a number of senior Liberals deep in their pockets. Not literally - I am not suggesting anything as blatant as bribery. But they have a lot of Liberals convinced that if they don't "help SNC out", the Liberals will have a bleak future in Quebec.