QUEBEC CANADA SAQ EXCHANGE RATE KICKBACK SCANDAL
February 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN province of Québec's opposition political parties have called for a public enquiry into a recent price-fixing scandal whereby two ex-VP's from alcohol monopoly, the Société des Alcools du Québec (SAQ) admitted being involved in kick-back scheme with French wine producers.
Both the Parti Québecois and the Action Démocratique du Québec want to establish whether political interference may have been involved: the scheme led to higher prices being charged for wine, generating more profits for the government-owned SAQ. They also ...
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