Blanchard unable to block Accurso contract

Mayor Laurent Blanchard says he’s unable to block a contract with Accurso, an asphalt company that is linked to a man faced with numerous charges of fraud and corruption.

According to the Gazette, Blanchard held a press conference Thursday morning to answer why a company named in the Charbonneau Commission was awarded a contract to supply paving materials… and continues to hold said contract.

Blanchard said the city is powerless to cancel the business deal unless the Autorité des marchés financiers weighs in on another contract involving Simard-Beaudry Construction, owned by another company that Antonio Accurso manages.

Blanchard has also asked the media to help pressure the AMF to issue a ruling on other companies linked to this contract, Groupe Hexagone and Louisbourg SBC.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER