Saudi Arabia retaliated against Canada last August following criticism Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland levied on Twitter about the regime’s arrest of women’s-rights activists
Infuriated by the statement, Riyadh reacted by suspending diplomatic ties with Canada, expelling the Canadian ambassador and calling its own envoy home from Ottawa.
“Not just ourselves but many Canadian companies saw the slowdown in contract awards or the stopping of contract awards or investments into Saudi Arabia,” SNC-Lavalin’s CEO Neil Bruce told reporters Thursday in Montreal. WSP’s entities around the world work independently, she said. For instance, Adjahi said its Middle East operation is mostly made up of local employees and has its own CEO, chief financial officer and human-resources team.
WSP is refurbishing its offices in Saudi Arabia and, following its December acquisition of Berger Group Holdings, Inc., the company now has close to 300 employees in the country, up from around 100 before the deal, she said.The kingdom’s relationship with Canada came under further strain — as did its relations with many in the international community — as details emerged last fall about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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