MAY/JUNE 2019
32
INHOUSE
I n d u s t r y S p o t l i g h t
BY BRIAN BURTON
With the new law now in effect, the
question for every general counsel is
what to do if he or she becomes aware
of criminal activity conducted under
the auspices of the company.
Rough
agreements
remediation
start
for
T
he proper use of newly minted remediation agreements was
always going to be a judgment call. Now it appears judgment
may have been seriously lacking in what would have been
the very first application of a new Criminal Code amend-
ment allowing corporations to avoid prosecution.
With the demotion and subsequent resignation of the former justice min-
ister and attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, the resignation-in-sym-
pathy of treasury board secretary Jane Philpott, accusations of obstruction
of justice against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the resignation of his prin-
cipal secretary, Gerald Butts, and the launch of inquiries by both the federal
ethics commissioner and the Commons Standing Committee on Justice,
remediation agreements have had a less than auspicious start.
PHOTO:
DUSHAN
MILIC
