Here is a November 12, 2013, update on our OpenCdA post on November 8.

The Globe And Mail newspaper headline sums it up nicely:  Anti-corruption measures saved Quebec $240-million on roadwork, minister says.

The Globe And Mail newspaper stories are remarkable for their clarity with statements such as these:

– “Several reports have underscored flaws in the awarding of government contracts where the monitoring of the projects was often contracted out to the same engineering firms that had designed the projects.”

– “The Charbonneau Commission into corruption in the construction industry lifted the veil on the schemes deployed by engineering and construction firms to fix prices and bribe local officials handling municipal infrastructure projects.”

– “The [Charbonneau Commission] probe will soon delve into the awarding of provincial contracts as the inquiry attempts to disclose connections involving firms receiving government contracts and provincial party officials.”

– “The revelations made at the [Charbonneau Commission] inquiry have created a shock wave throughout the [construction] industry while upsetting the patterns of corruption created by organized crime and corrupt officials that included fraudulent cost overruns and shabby workmanship.”

Of course, it’s not like any of these things ever happen in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.