Anti-Corruption Compliance – Industry News

Union ready to enlist PQ help to stop inquiry /The Canadian Press, Montreal, Jan. 21, 2014/ –  A wiretap conversation heard at Quebec’s corruption inquiry suggests the province’s largest labour federation was ready to enlist the help of friends at the Parti Quebecois to make sure such a probe didn’t take place. The wiretap is…

Anti-Corruption Compliance Industry News

Martinrea shares drop after new allegations Nov. 25, 2013 /Greg Keenan, The Globe and Mail/ – The Toronto-based auto parts company, some of its senior executives, some directors and its former chief executive officer is facing a lawsuit launched earlier this year that accused them of breaching their fiduciary duties and engaging in corrupt practices. [Read More…]…

Anti-Corruption – Industry News

Digging Into Facilitation Payments, by Danielle Royal and Jay C Kellerman, Stikeman Elliott LLP The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), Canada’s equivalent of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), prohibits Canadian companies and individuals from giving or offering a benefit of any kind to a foreign public official with the ultimate purpose…