Purchasing and Procurement Legal Issues
Procurement mistakes—March/April print edition
Tips for avoiding two of the most common procurement pitfalls
Puppet master in Montreal corruption schemes? A mid-level city employee: witness
Earlier testimony suggested city officials benefited by co-operating with bid-rigging in public procurement
Avoiding bid shopping—part two [JUNE 2012 PRINT EDITION]
Caution is the watchword when planning to negotiate
PMAC 2012: Legal ins and outs
PMAC session focuses on developments affecting procurement law
Legal Issues
Chrysler expected to formally refuse US request to recall Jeeps for fire risk
Dispute with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration could be decided in federal court
Bangladesh suspends inspectors it says renewed doomed factories’ licenses without visiting
Investigation found inspectors never even visited five factories housed in Rana Plaza building
Region in Guatemala militarized following Canadian-owned mine dispute
President Otto Perez Molina sent in hundreds of troops, suspended right to hold public gatherings
Survivor found in rubble as death toll from Bangladesh factory collapse eclipses 1,000
Woman buried in wreckage was rescued from the building's basement after 17 days inside
Workers at Adidas’ Asian suppliers to send complaints directly to company via text message
SMS hotline will help communication between management and workers when they feel their rights breached
Factories in Bangladesh ordered evacuated day before collapse
Death toll in Bangladesh factories collapse rises to 194, officials say
Ex Montreal No. 2 says he never knew of collusion in awarding city contracts
Construction projects in Montreal cost as much as 20 percent more than elsewhere in Quebec: testimony
Witness dubbed ‘Mr. Three Per Cent’ springs to defence of former city official
Former executive committee head Frank Zampino has been described as behind collusion in Montreal
Shriners limit SNC Lavalin’s role in new children’s hospital over allegations
Shriners say they were "very sensitive" to allegations of impropriety
RBC scrambles to explain hiring practices after contentious report
External suppliers allow bank to leverage their scale and technical skills, says bank's chief procurement officer
Transport minister asks for review of possible ethics breach at bridge agency
First time government has said publicly it's taking action from Charbonneau commission on Quebec contract corruption
Montrealers got hosed on construction: probe
Problems in the management and awarding of public contracts in Montreal as early as 1997
NDP says Premier was not truthful in legislature on gas plant docs
Party leader Andrea Horwath says she's convinced Wynne, senior Liberals had some knowledge
Tough line urged on helicopter procurement
Government should consider options for Sea King replacement: report
Habs tickets currency of choice for corrupting officials, inquiry hears
Half-dozen employees from the city's engineering department admit to taking free hockey tickets, inquiry hears
Quebec reviews awarding of contracts in wake of corruption inquiry
The provincial government is examining how contracts are awarded across all sectors
Quebec corruption probe focuses on public contracts
Gifts given to a member of a Transport Department contract selection committee, inquiry hears
Kerry divests holdings in Cdn. oil company amid conflict concerns
Had up to $750,000 invested in Suncor, $31,000 in Cenovus Energy, both Keystone XL proponents
Letter asks Idle No More protesters not to block oilsands highway
Says actions of one or more individuals cannot be allowed to endanger health and safety of others
