Construction Industry: Lino Zambito

Construction Industry Dept: An analysis of contributions made over the past decade to Coderre s federal riding association suggests several people, engineering and construction firms now under the microscope and facing criminal charges as Quebec authorities investigate allegations of corruption in the construction industry as well as lobbying and marketing firms, have openly and legally donated generously to the Montreal MP, since his days as a cabinet minister in the Chretien government, according to Montreal Gazette. In an interview, Coderre said he knew Zambito, but that the contributions were legally made by cheque, and reported before the recent allegations of unethical behaviour and corruption in the construction industry exploded onto the Quebec political scene and oTTAWA As he ponders a run for Montreal s city hall to clean up corruption, veteran Liberal MP Denis Coderre is finding himself under scrutiny over tens of thousands of dollars worth of his own political financing. Lino Zambito, a former construction industry executive who recently made a series of sensational allegations of bid-rigging and illegal political financing involving all parties as a witness at an ongoing inquiry on corruption headed by Quebec Justice France Charbonneau, is among those that helped finance Coderre s Montreal-area riding association. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.