Protest over bullets supplied to U.S. army overshadows SNC-Lavalin ...

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at 17:10 on May 5, 2005, EST.

TORONTO (CP) - A promising outlook for SNC-Lavalin Group presented at its annual meeting was overshadowed Thursday by a protest against a defence unit of the engineering and construction giant, which supplies bullets to the U.S. army.

CEO Jacques Lamarre acknowledged he did not know where the ammunition made at two Montreal-area plants is used by the American military, but said the contract was approved by the Canadian government.

Protesters chanting "No more war machines, no more SNC" argued the company is supplying bullets for U.S. military operations in Iraq.

"We have no way of knowing," Lamarre said during a discussion about the issue with reporters after the annual meeting. <snip>

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