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Originally Posted by Weitz
How is this comparable to a company breaking the law and punishment that should be doled out?
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SNC broke the law. There was a choice of punishments. Trudeau's involvement seems to be at that end - an unsuccessful attempt to sway that choice, presumably to avoid the bankruptcy of SNC. It's wrong, but I don't see him as being corrupt like, say, Trump self dealing to enrich himself. I'd call it improperly zealous, cynically political and holding to "ends justify the means".
So my analogy is - if an energy company breaks an environmental law, there's various punishments - from cleanup to fines to shutdown. The Dept says "we are going to shut down this project". PM Scheer phones and tries hard (unsuccessfully) to get a different punishment in order to keep the project going.