CORRUPT QUEBEC POLITICAL LEADERS AND THEIR
LAWYERS – IN PARTICULAR, PREMIER ROBERT
BOURASSA. How they ignored it and did nothing about SNC
I complained to Quebec
Premier Robert Bourassa's office several times between July 31st 1991 and
September 9th 1991. Some of these communications were hand-written faxes; if
necessary I can produce these later.
I commenced with a typed
letter to Guy Saint-Pierre - copied to Premier Bourassa's office - dated July
31, 1991. The letter just referred to was also copied, with a cover note, to the office of Gerald Tremblay, then-Minister of
Industry for Quebec, and Robert Racine – Director, Public Affairs, SNC Inc. All
the letters were accompanied by full supporting documentation.
The reason why I sent it to
Gerald Tremblay was because his office, among others, was involved in the
then-current Lavalin Inc. take-over negotiations, the outcome of which included
SNC purchasing Lavalin’s assets from the banks which had seized them.
This all culminated with the
following:-
1. A
reply dated September 12th 1991, from one of Premier Bourassa’s assistants named
Michel Corbeil, declining any
responsibility at all and pretending that lawyers and courts were the only
recourse. This, when he knew perfectly well the mess that they had already made
based on time-wasting and other questionable behaviour.
Premier Bourassa, among others, was involved in the Lavalin take‑over
negotiations.
2.
A letter from Guy Saint-Pierre dated September 11th
1991, which essentially made a false pretence that the Courts
were the only possible remedy for my outstanding complaints. His “game” was
apparently to ensure that he could use lawyers again to waste everybody’s time
and money as well as mine. From my standpoint, he also had an obvious interest
in covering up what went on.
It was obvious that if in
fact I went to court again, he could then say to any enquiring outsiders –
quote - talk to our lawyers – unquote, who would then say - quote – it is before the courts, so we will not comment – unquote – or some
such, so as to cover it all up.
BUT THERE
WAS ONE GOOD GUY IN ALL THIS:-
3.
A reply that I had from Gerald Tremblay, Quebec's
Minister for Industry, dated August 15th 1991 – was quite different from the others, and could
even be seen as sympathetic. It appeared that he appreciated the seriousness of
what was going on, though there is no obvious indication of any action that he
might have taken; possibly he was not in a position to take any action, other
than speaking to Guy Saint-Pierre.
It would be interesting to
hear Mr. Tremblay’s recollection of what transpired. This of course assumes
that he still remembers anything of it, 15 years later.
Mr.
Tremblay is now (December 2006) Mayor of the City of Montreal.
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