Pavages Maska Inc. has been ordered to pay $100,000 for arranging with competitors to rig bids for paving contracts awarded by the ministère des Transports du Québec in the Granby region of Québec between 2008 and 2009.
The payment is part of a settlement between the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and Pavages Maska filed in the Superior Court of Québec. The settlement concludes the Competition Bureau's investigation into the company's role in this bid-rigging scheme.
The settlement takes into account the fact that:
- Pavages Maska has implemented a corporate compliance program and appropriate control procedures to ensure its effectiveness, and that;
- the individual involved in the scheme had a limited role and no longer works for the company.
This is the second settlement reached with a road construction company in connection with this scheme. The investigation has also resulted in criminal charges being laid against two individuals, including a former Pavages Maska executive, for bid-rigging on public contracts in the Granby region.
Pavages Maska will make its $100,000 payment to the Receiver General for Canada within the next 30 days.
