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Quebec Corruption Inquiry: 'The Law Was Being Outsmarted'

CP | Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - The landmark Quebec election-financing law that inspired similar reforms across Canada has been systematically flouted since its inception,...

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Former Montreal Mayor Grilled

CBC | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Politics
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Gérald Tremblay's voice broke as he spoke of Montreal as 'an exceptional city' that deserves devoted, trustworthy bureaucrats and elected officials, ...

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Minister Wants Review Of Possible Ethics Breach

CP | Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.24.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Transport Minister Denis Lebel has asked his top bureaucrat to investigate whether a federal bridge agency improperly received gifts from a m...

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Live With Corruption Or Live With Potholes, Montrealers Told

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Business
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Montrealers have to choose between having potholes, or having them filled by companies caught up in the corruption inquiry. That’s the ...

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Montreal Is a National Embarrassment

Yoni Goldstein | Posted 04.06.2013 | Canada
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Yoni Goldstein

The ongoing Charbonneau Commission investigating Montreal's construction industry is showing all of Canada just how rotten the city is. Lalonde's testimony in particular and the Charboneau Commission in general are proving our worst fears about politics and business -- that they are inseparable, are both populated by crooks and the rest of us are paying for it.

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Largest Share Of Corruption Cash Went To PQ, Witness Says

CP | Lia Levesque, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.31.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - A witness at Quebec's corruption inquiry says his engineering firm funnelled hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to political...

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Engineering Giant Linked To Quebec Corruption

CP | Posted 01.25.2013 | Canada Business
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MONTREAL – A number of major engineering firms — including global giant SNC-Lavalin — participated in a collusion scheme to raise the price of c...

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Quebec Corruption Probe Losing Credibility?

CP | Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - Concerns about the credibility of Quebec's corruption inquiry are prompting new and uncomfortable questions about the resignation of Montre...

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Key Quebec Corruption Witness Caught Making Up Some Testimony

CP | Sidhartha Banerjee and Lia Levesque, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.22.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - Quebec's corruption inquiry has suffered a blow with a high-profile witness declaring that he made up some of his testimony.The sudden anno...

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Witness At Quebec Corruption Probe Arrested For Perjury

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.19.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - A City of Montreal employee has become the first witness at Quebec's corruption inquiry to face criminal charges based on his own testimony...

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'Juicy' Revelations Coming At Quebec Corruption Probe

CP | Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.18.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - In the time it took Quebec's corruption inquiry to complete its fall sitting, three long-standing mayors had resigned, municipal parties we...

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High-Ranking Liberals To Be Named At Corruption Probe

CBC | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada Politics
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Former Liberal ministers, high-ranking Montreal politicians and a former provincial party fundraiser were all named on guest lists of those who attend...

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Watching the Watchdog: Don't Mess With Mesley

Tim Knight | Posted 01.20.2013 | Canada
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Tim Knight

You wouldn't ever want to answer your front door to find Wendy Mesley holding a microphone there -- right next to a CBC camera flashing its little red light. Last Sunday, some of the old pre-perky Mesley came back. The following is the last part of of Mesley's interview with Jacques Duchesneau, the former Montreal police chief.

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No Remorse For Taking Big Bribes In Quebec

CBC | Posted 01.12.2013 | Canada Politics
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A former engineer for the city of Montreal wrapped up his testimony to Quebec's corruption inquiry with an apology, despite his earlier assertion that...

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Montreal Mayor Calls A Time Out

CP | Posted 01.01.2013 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL -- With his administration under heavy fire over an ongoing corruption scandal, Montreal's embattled mayor is taking a break. A spokeswoma...

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Corruption Hearings Getting Closer To Home For Montreal Mayor

CBC | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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The Quebec inquiry into corruption in the construction industry has for the first time heard allegations that a construction boss corrupted a senior e...

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Damages For Casino Spending Spree? $250,000 In Corruption Cash

CBC | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada Politics
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A former engineer for the City of Montreal has testified at the Charbonneau commission that he received about $600,000 in kickbacks from construction ...

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Police Raid Construction Firms

CBC | Posted 12.11.2012 | Canada Business
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A week after it raided the home and offices of the mayor of Laval, Quebec's anti-corruption unit has descended on the city a second time, hitting at l...

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'I Will. Not. Resign'

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada Politics
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LAVAL, Que. - A powerful Quebec mayor brushed aside a request for his resignation Friday after police raided his home amid the province's ever-widenin...

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City Staff Suspended In Wake Of Corruption Probe

CBC | Posted 12.02.2012 | Canada Business
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Three City of Montreal employees have been suspended with pay following explosive testimony about municipal corruption at the Charbonneau commission. ...

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UNDER FIRE

CBC | Posted 12.02.2012 | Canada Politics
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Stunning allegations at the Charbonneau commission have stirred up a wave of criticism for Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay, this time from his fellow ...

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Quebec Construction Boss Comes Clean

CBC | Posted 11.27.2012 | Canada
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First they were named, then they were shown on video handing cash to mobsters, then today one of their own spilled the beans, in detail, about how Que...

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Organized Crime, Kickbacks And Construction: Quebec Probe Begins

CP | Jonathan Montpetit, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.21.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - A public inquiry with possibly devastating political ramifications has begun in Quebec with the presiding judge outlining the ambitious tas...

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