Day: February 12, 2013

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Former SNC-Lavalin CEO

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Pierre Duhaime leaves SQ headquarters in Montreal on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.

By: The Canadian Press, Published on Mon Feb 11 2013

MONTREAL—Pierre Duhaime, the former chief executive of Canada’s biggest engineering firm, has been granted more flexibility to travel within the country pending trial on fraud charges.

Duhaime, a prominent Quebec businessman and once the head of engineering powerhouse SNC-Lavalin, was formally charged with fraud on Monday. He was not in the courtroom as his lawyer, Michel Massicotte, pleaded not guilty on his behalf. A change was made to conditions surrounding Duhaime’s release. Initially, he was forbidden from leaving Quebec. The Crown has now agreed he can travel elsewhere in Canada — but not go beyond its borders.

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