TORONTO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday denied a newspaper report that his office had attempted to pressure Canada's former justice minister to intervene in the prosecution of engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group SNC.TO .
"The allegations reported in the story are false," Trudeau told reporters in a Toronto suburb. "At no point did we direct the attorney general, current or previous, to take any decision whatsoever in this matter."