The RCMP says it found “insufficient evidence” to lay criminal charges related to the SNC-Lavalin affair and confirms it has since concluded its file.
It’s the first time the national police force has officially confirmed that it’s no longer probing the political scandal that rocked Parliament four years ago.
That’s when an ethics report found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had violated the Conflict of Interest Act by trying to influence his then-justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to overrule a decision by the director of public prosecutions to not grant a deferred prosecution agreement to Quebec-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.
“The RCMP is not investigating allegations of political interference in
