At their regular council meeting on November 5, the City of Laval decided to postpone assigned road, sewage or aquaduct public work contracts until after the province passes its anti-corruption bill.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made by Basile Angelopolous, the vice-president of the city\u2019s executive committee during the city\u2019s regular council meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis affects about $14 million worth of contracts,\u201d says Johanne Bournival, the attach\u00e9 de presse for Laval\u2019s executive council. \u201cWe want to act responsibly and take every measure to act diligently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laval will continue granting of contracts related to health, public security and services to the public, as well as those subject to grants from the provincial and federal governments.<\/p>\n
Note: This article appeared in the November 8, 2012 North & East version of the Suburban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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