LAVAL – The City of Laval has decided to take a strong stance against corruption.
Mayor Marc Demers announced Monday the city will not consider bids on contracts from any companies or individuals that are in trouble with the law.
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Demers insisted any firm or person who is being sued, or has been convicted on criminal charges, will be precluded from bidding on future contracts.
“If people want to have access to some of those contracts, they should get in line,” he said.
It’s the latest effort to clean-up the city’s image, which has been rocked by allegations of corruption.
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In 2012, Laval’s longtime mayor Gilles Vaillancourt had his home, condo, offices and bank safety-deposit boxes searched by the province’s anti-corruption unit as part of a series of raids on numerous engineering firms and businesses.
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Soon after, interim mayor Alexandre Duplessis quit after a controversy allegedly involving extortion and prostitutes.
Demers said Laval will be awarding about $1 billion worth of contracts within the next three years.
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