What should SNC-Lavalin be facing?

Re ‘Too big to fail?’ 2018 contracts total $68M, Feb. 12 Past Liberal governments obviously said yes to the question, “is SNC too big to fail?” and they kept it alive. Today, the circumstances are different, and the reply should be NO. No company should be given the special treatment because of personal contacts and large financial donations. Honesty, openness and rule of law is what Canada stands for according to our prime minster, so let it work. Brian Mellor, Picton, Ont. Re SNC-Lavalin viewed as jewel of Quebec Inc. that needs to be protected: professor, Online, Feb. 8 It seems many people are missing the big picture with all the politicking surrounding the SNC-Lavalin issue. Do we really want to take down a major Canadian company because of its behaviour in Libya, a country where corruption has always been the rule, not the exception. I believe plea deals have a long history in Canada and there seems to have been no reason why SNC-Lavalin was not given the same opportunity, except for the stubbornness of the ex-justice minister whose mantra seems to have been: “rule of law at all cost, regardless of the consequences.” David Pankhurst, East York Setting aside the rule of law, our political bosses say that a guilty plea will automatically deny SNC-Lavalin bidding rights on any governmental contracts for 10 years and due to the size of this company, it will have significant impact on the employment status of many of its Canadian workers, so let’s negotiate a settlement without an automatic 10 year penalty. Frank Feeley, Fonthill, Ont.