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The Globe and Mail broke the story this week saying that the prime minister’s office pressured the former Justice Minister — Jody Wilson-Raybould — into cutting a special deal for the huge Quebec corporation, SNC Lavalin, which is facing charges for bribing officials in Libya to win juicy government contracts there.

The report is that the attorney general resisted the prime minister’s office’s urging her to order prosecutors to avoid a trial and instead offer what’s called a “remediation agreement.” SNC Lavalin has been lobbying hard for that agreement because it would spare the multinational corporation from facing corruption charges, which halt its ability to do business in a number of countries, including securing lucrative government contracts in Canada.