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OTTAWA — At a time when the federal Liberals are under attack over alleged political interference in the SNC-Lavalin affair, a B.C. regional district appears to have asked two cabinet ministers to intervene in an Competition Bureau investigation because they share the same goals on climate policy.

Metro Vancouver, which provides services to 21 municipalities and a First Nation in the greater Vancouver region, wrote to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna last week complaining about the “significant resources” it has had to expend because of a Competition Bureau investigation that is underway without its “meaningful input.”

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The federal Competition Bureau is investigating the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, a Metro Vancouver corporation, for anticompetitive behaviour, one private company’s CEO calls “medieval.” Metro Vancouver’s letter to the ministers argues that its policies, including the three bylaws under investigation, are aligned with the federal Liberals’ environment plan and asks for meetings with both ministers to discuss the probe, lamenting that the Competition Bureau “appears to be focused narrowly on competition related to the provision of garbage disposal services without regard to social objectives (including the protection of the environment).”