Inter-Cité Construction Ltée will pay $150,000 for arranging with a competitor to allocate territories for paving contracts awarded by the ministère des Transports du Québec.
This payment is part of a settlement reached between the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and Inter-Cité, and filed yesterday in the Superior Court of Quebec. The settlement stems from an investigation by the Competition Bureau into the company's role in a scheme that targeted public contracts in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region between 2008 and 2010.
As part of the settlement, the company has also implemented a corporate compliance program, which is designed to prevent its employees from engaging in other anti-competitive activities.
Inter-Cité will make its $150,000 payment to the Receiver General for Canada within the next 30 days.
