"I want to do all we can do to protect this headquarters and protect the thousands of good, well-paying jobs we have at SNC-Lavalin." Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to the Opposition during question period, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot The company has been lobbying the federal government for a remediation agreement to avoid a criminal trial on charges of bribery and fraud related to its efforts to secure government contracts in Libya. Under a remediation agreement the prosecution would be dropped in exchange for SNC-Lavalin admitting its wrongdoing and paying a financial penalty. The Globe and Mail newspaper reported last week that the Prime Minister's Office pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to agree to such an agreement. Legault said SNC should pay for its alleged crimes, but its employees and the province's economy shouldn't suffer as a result.