"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
~ Edward R. Murrow
"If a man fails to honor the rivers, he shall not gain the life from them."
~ Edward R. Murrow
"If a man fails to honor the rivers, he shall not gain the life from them."
~ Code of Hammurabi 1772 B.C.
In a three-part series of stories by The Gazette’s Linda Gyulai in January, Jean Fortier, who was executive committee chairman before Zampino, revealed that he was the object of bribes and other illegal manoeuvring for public contracts while he was former mayor Pierre Bourque’s right-hand man. And a lot of the time, he said, the attempts to corrupt him revolved around decisions relating to real-estate sales and zoning changes and other matters — not just the public-works contracts preoccupying the work of the Charbonneau Commission.
EXCLUSIVE THREE-PART SERIES: Part of Jean Fortier's motivation was seeing his father struggle to resist corruption. He died of a heart attack in front of his 11-year-old son
Linda Gyulai
January 20, 2013
Montreal Gazette
Exclusive (Part 2): Bribes, blackmail and city hall
EXCLUSIVE THREE-PART SERIES: Jean Fortier details weaknesses that can be exploited to corrupt municipal officials
Linda Gyulai
January 19, 2013
Montreal Gazette
Exclusive (Part 1): 'They were out to corrupt me,' says ex-executive committee boss
Former executive committee chairman Jean Fortier recounts his experience at city hall and warns the Charbonneau Commission's scope and mandate are too narrow to truly fight corruption
Linda Gyulai
January 18, 2013
Montreal Gazette
One of the main businesses of cities is urban planning and real-estate development, from issuing building permits and building subsidies to granting zoning changes and minor land-use variances, and selling disused municipal land to housing developers to grow a richer property-tax base. (...)
The financial stakes are higher in real-estate than in road construction, with more private and public money invested in development projects than in, say, municipal road and sewer contracts. (...)
So when municipalities agree to grant extra development rights to builders by allowing additional storeys, smaller setbacks, different uses and higher densities, they put more money in the builder's pocket. Politicians who wield such decision-making power become prey, Fortier says. (...)
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Gouvernement du Québec
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