Canadian Scandals

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Most unnerving is Quebec, Canada’s Tammany Hall. Since 2011, a government commission has been investigating the awarding and management of public contracts. Its findings have led to the resignation in 2012 of the mayor of Canada’s second-largest city, Montreal; the arrest in 2013 of his replacement; the arrest in 2013 of nearby Laval’s mayor for “gangsterism” and criminal charges against two more small-town mayors.
In addition, Quebec’s anti-corruption squad has arrested 49 people and laid criminal charges against 13 companies.
“Acts of collusion and corruption exist everywhere in Quebec — in every region. Our investigations are proving this to us,” said Robert Lafreniere, head of the squad.
There are 20 more ongoing investigations outside the construction industry, he added, involving contracts for computer technology and work related to an ambitious scheme to develop mining, tourism and infrastructure in the province’s far north.

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Forget Rob Ford, Canada is chock full of scandal
By Diane Francis
November 23, 2013 | 10:48am
New York Post