ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) Canada's foreign minister spoke out against corruption Sunday during a visit to Algeria where a Canadian engineering and construction company is being investigated over charges that it awarded contracts in exchange for bribes.
Speaking at a joint news conference with his Algerian counterpart in Algiers, Foreign Minister John Baird said the case involving SNC-Lavalin is not representative of "all Canadian businesses, which give huge importance to ethics," according to Algeria's official state news agency.
Baird later tweeted that "any party who is found to have broken the law will be judged under the law."
But Baird added in another tweet that he indicated in Algiers that SNC-Lavalin now "has new leadership and a new way of doing business, focused on ethics."
"Canadian companies by and large represent Canada well abroad, and we are encouraged by the changes SNC continue to make," Baird tweeted.