The Yukon government could hold PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the receiver of Victoria Gold and its former disaster-stricken Eagle mine, in contempt if its representatives don’t appear to answer questions.
In a tense exchange of letters this week, Yukon Legislative Assembly speaker Jeremy Harper urged that PwC’s senior vice-president and another representative attend a committee of the whole meeting to provide witness testimony. During an assembly debate on Friday, a contempt motion was put forward, the Canadian Press reported. That followed the company’s legal counsel saying in a reply letter that the government lacks the authority to compel its attendance to the meeting.
In response to the government’s claim that senior vice-president Michelle Grant could be “sanctioned” if she doesn’t attend, counsel Peter Ruby with Goodmans LLP said it’s a threat that PwC must take seriously.
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