France Charbonneau: Charbonneau

Quebec Superior Court Dept: France Charbonneau, a Quebec Superior Court justice, marked the official launch of the commission with a speech that detailed what to expect from the hearings which start next month, according to The Star. We are aware that our mandate is ambitious, Charbonneau told a hearing room crowded with journalists. As a result, we have to approach it in a realistic way and mONTREAL A public inquiry with possibly devastating political ramifications has begun in Quebec with the presiding judge outlining the ambitious task before her: to uncover a network of corruption in the province. With a mandate to examine a 15-year period, Charbonneau said she will focus specifically on those public contracts in which organized crime used collusion strategies to infiltrate the construction industry , and possibly the world of Quebec politics as well. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.