Witnesses Confirm Transport Quebec Officials Were Aware of Collusions

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A latest testimony heard by the Charbonneau Commission on Monday reaffirmed that everyone knew about the collusion, right from the regional office in Montreal to the office of the assistant deputy minister and up into the office of the transport minister himself, but no one was willing to act. It was reiterated that the widespread collusion encompassed roadworks contracts in Quebec’s largest urban centres sine as early as 2002.

All all-inclusive but shocking image of his department’s complacency in contradiction of the mounting evidence was provided by the Retired Transport Quebec engineer, François Beaudry. He alleged that his offce was cheated by construction companies and engineering firms, i.e. a claim supported by ex-deputy minister, Jean-Paul Beaulieu. Beaudry went public with allegations of bid-rigging and price inflation in 2009, informing the co-commissioners that he was working under Beaulieu when he received a phone call from a local entrepreneur in 2002.

The witness testified that “(the caller) explained to me that at the city of Montreal, all of the contracts were subject to collusion and everything was rigged.” It was added that “he said it was controlled by the Italian Mafia, but in Laval (the collusion) was controlled by the city itself.” According to Beaudry’s statement, the informant was able to always predict which companies would win nearly a dozen contracts in Laval days before the winners were announced, which evidently proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the caller was telling the truth.