Canada:
Guilty Pleas In Quebec Sewer Services Cartel
05 July 2012
Stikeman Elliott LLP
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On June 22, 2012, Canada's Competition Bureau
announced that Colmatec Inc. and its operations director,
Rénald Drouin, have pleaded guilty in a scheme to rig bids
on contracts for specialized sewer services in the province of
Québec. Charges are still pending against five other
companies and their directors as part of the conspiracy, which
involved bids on 37 municipal contracts worth over $3 million. A
sixth company had previously pleaded guilty on November 22, 2011.
Colmatec has been fined $50,000 and is subject to a court order,
while Rénald Drouin will perform 100 hours of community
service and is subject to a two year probation period. Bid-rigging
is a criminal offence under section 47 of the Competition
Act.
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