Crime family tradition in Quebec construction

A leaked report states that there’s widespread corruption in the construction industry in Quebec. The only thing surprisingly about this is that it was leaked. Corruption in Quebec construction is like wetness in the St. Lawrence River: a fact of life for as long as anyone can remember. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was a lawyer on the Cliche Commission into violence in the construction industry back in the mid-1970s. The mobsters and Hells Angels now pulling in graft from construction aren’t inventing the wheel; they’re carrying on an ignoble tradition. So are the politicians who are denying the problem and/or balking at actually cleaning things up.

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