Behaviours, in conjunction with others:--
1. In July 1991, SNC
President and C.E.O. Guy Saint-Pierre allowed an entire floor of office
furniture at SNC s Montreal , Quebec H.Q. to be seized for non-payment of Court
judgement in my wrongful dismissal suit. He either would not or could not
discipline SNC s law firm, Dunton Rainville, Toupin and Perreault.
2. In August 1991,
after SNC still did not pay, Guy Saint-Pierre allowed SNC s Royal Bank of Canada account to be seized. He was also a
Director of the Royal Bank at the time and was still kept on by then-President
and C.E.O. Allan R. Taylor and his nominated successor John E. Cleghorn even after I sent them
documented reports about Guy Saint-Pierre s conduct.
3. Shortly after this
happened, I was told by my own lawyer – William I. Miller, Q.C. – that SNC had
fired their own law firm, namely Dunton
Rainville, Toupin and Perreault
4. After I told
Guy Saint-Pierre to pay me $1.5 million in return for keeping quiet, and
copying the letter(s) to Allan R. Taylor and John E. Cleghorn, he
responded merely by pointing to my legal case which he claimed settled the
dispute between me and SNC fully and
satisfactorily, and said he would turn the matter over to lawyers again
if he saw fit. He was supported in this by letters to me from the Royal Bank’s
*R.F. (Rob) Edwards on behalf of both Taylor and Cleghorn,
and also from a Michel Corbeil who was assistant to the late Quebec
Premier Robert Bourassa; all dismissed
it as a- quote - legal matter –unquote - as an excuse for doing nothing. All
this amounted to was an excuse by all of them to feed large sums of money to
lawyers, so as to force me to do likewise which they all knew I could not do.
As such, it was mere business snobbery in the most odious and objectionable
form designed to cover up blatantly obvious corruption on the part of a small
and narrow-minded social and professional
clique - consisting of Guy
Saint-Pierre, Allan R. Taylor, John E. Cleghorn, R.F. (Rob)
Edwards, (Premier Bourassa s) Michel Corbeil and their lawyers. Guy
Saint-Pierre s stance, in particul;ar, had no credibility whatsoever when he
had fired SNC s own law firm for their conduct.
5. Guy Saint-Pierre,
Allan R. Taylor, John E. Cleghorn, and (Premier Bourassa’s) Michel Corbeil and their lawyers were all
parties to the corruption described.
6. The above events
coincided with the take-over of Lavalin Inc. by SNC, after Lavalin Inc. got
into insuperable financial difficulties. SNC paid a reported $90 million to
purchase Lavalin s assets from a consortium of 9 banks which had seized them.
Thus SNC and Guy Saint-Pierre, by allowing SNC s Royal Bank account to be
seized, hazarded the continued operation of both SNC and Lavalin and hence the
contracts which were their sources of revenues.
7. Later, as mentioned elsewhere on this site, John E. Cleghorn succeeded Allan R. Taylor as President and C.E.O of the Royal Bank of Canada. He also became a Director of SNC-Lavalin. Later still, he retired as President and C.E.O. of the Royal Bank and became Chairman of the Board of SNC-Lavalin replacing Guy Saint-Pierre who then became Chairman of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada; thus there was what appears to have been a straight “swap” between the two men.
* Note : *R.F. (Rob) Edwards – in
1992, he was Manager, Quality Coordination at Royal Bank of Canada, Head Office,
P.O. Box 6001, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3A9
More information about John E. Cleghorn:-
1. His retirement (May 2007) as Chairman of the Board at SNC-Lavalin, former President and C.E.O. of the Royal Bank of Canada
http://www.snclavalin.com/en/7_0/7_5_3.aspx
- or, if this is – conveniently - removed from
the Web: CLICK
HERE
2. But he is still (2007) Chairman of the Board
at CP Rail. CLICK
HERE
- or, if this is – conveniently - removed from
the Web: CLICK
HERE
Here’s where you can contact him at CP Rail:- CLICK HERE
- or, if this is – conveniently - removed from
the Web: CLICK
HERE
3. 2005:
Council of Governors of Centraide in Montreal. Obviously, he likes to be seen
in the public eye as supporting charitable causes, so as to - look good. CLICK
HERE
4. John Cleghorn the Philanthropist. Obviously, he likes to be seen in the public eye as such, so as to - look good. CLICK HERE
November 2003 Press Release:
This mentions John E. Cleghorn s retirement in August 2001 as C.E.O. of the
Royal Bank of Canada, at the time when Guy Saint-Pierre became the Royal Bank s
first independent Chairman of the Board. (click the BACK
button in your web browser when you have finished looking at it)
[Subsequently, Guy Saint-Pierre retired as Chairman of the Board for
the SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. on May 10, 2002, then retired as Chairman of the
Board of the Royal Bank at the
shareholders’ meeting on February 27th,2004.
After that, he joined IRPP (the Institute for Research on Public Policy, in
Montreal.]