Nova Scotia's premier says the RCMP has found no evidence that former prime minister Jean Chretien carried out illegal lobbying during a visit to his Halifax office last year.
Stephen McNeil said a complaint that Chretien carried out lobbying on behalf of a proposed container port in Cape Breton had been investigated and dropped, citing a news release Wednesday from the Mounties.The release said police "began an investigation which determined there was no evidence of lobbying and the investigation concluded without charges.""I went through the interview and the RCMP have confirmed it," he said.
The day before the meeting, Chretien had attended a conference in Sydney and told reporters about his role as an international adviser to the group. As the interview continued, Chretien was asked if the province should invest money in the container port proposal, and he replied: "I hope so." "We were working towards whether or not there are economic opportunities for the province and the region," he said.
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