Projet Montréal is concerned the ghost of Joel Gauthier

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Valérie Plante, Project Manager Montreal

Alexandre Robillard

Friday, 20 October, 2017 06:30

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The leader of projet Montréal, Valérie Plante, feared that the ghost of Joel Gauthier flat on the metropolitan transit system (RTM).

Ms. Plant has invited the director-general of RTM, Raymond Drunken, to take its distances from the administration of Mr. Gauthier, the former CEO of the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT).

According to the candidate for mayor of Montreal, Mr. Drunken must say clearly that ” these practices have no place in the RTM “.

“We hope that the ghost of Joel Gauthier does not float not on the RTM. Its mode of management and its business practices, which have been revealed in recent years, were simply outrageous. “

The Newspaper has published this week’s e-mails showing the relationship of Mr. Drunken with Mr. Gauthier.

While Bombardier received millions of dollars of contracts for the AMT, Mr. Drunken has multiplied invitations to sporting and cultural events to Mr. Gauthier, who is also referred to in the context of a police investigation for influence peddling.

The president of the board of directors of the RTM, Josée Bérubé, told the Newspaper that she was unaware of the links between Mr. Drunken and Mr. Gauthier.

From a restructuring of the AMT, the RTM is headed by Mr Drunken since June. He has left the position of president Americas at Bombardier transportation in April 2016.

Following the publication of the report, the minister of Transport, André Fortin, is handed over to the leaders of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM).

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Its president, the outgoing mayor of Montréal, Denis Coderre, told the Newspaper that the responsibility of the MMC is limited to appoint the members of the board of directors of the RTM.

“Once this appointment is made, we respect the autonomy and independence of the board of directors for the appointment of the director-general and to the pursuit of their work. “

According to Mr. Coderre, Mr. Drunken has been chosen unanimously by the directors at the end of a ” process compliant “.

In the national Assembly, this week, the opposition parties have found that Mr. Drunken and could not remain in position, in the light of the revelations of the Journal.

The Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) has in particular called for an investigation by the department of Transport.

The ex-president of Bombardier Transportation has denied any link between the favors to Mr. Gauthier and the contracts obtained from the AMT.