The RCMP is investigating one of the construction contracts awarded for the nearly $1-billion project to renovate the West Block of Parliament, a Radio-Canada/Globe and Mail investigation has learned.
The tendering process to repair the Parliament buildings began in 2007. Paul Sauvé, a Montrealer who owns the brick-laying company LM Sauvé, told Radio-Canada he hired Gilles Varin to lobby for him so he could win a government contract that could be worth millions of dollars.
Varin, a long-time Quebec Conservative supporter, was not a registered lobbyist.
Sauvé said Varin claimed he had very close friends who worked for Public Works Canada. Sauvé said he agreed to pay Varin a monthly retainer averaging $4,000.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/10/05/contracts-construction-parliament.htmlTuesday, October 5, 2010 | 7:43 PM ET
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