Christian Paradis: Public Works

Public Works And Government Services Canada Dept: OTTAWA - Public Works and Government Services Canada laid out the welcome mat for two companies from Christian Paradis' Quebec riding at the minister's behest, a practice that raised concerns with the federal ethics watchdog and spurred change inside the department, according to Winnipeg Free Press. One of those meetings took place in the minister's boardroom with about a dozen bureaucrats from Public Works and from the Department of Foreign Affairs and industry Minister Christian Paradis responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 21, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick In 2009, when Paradis was Public Works minister, he directed bureaucrats to set up meetings with two firms from Thetford Mines, Que., that were promoting their products Thermo Pieux and Pultrall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.