Five Manitoba contractors have been fined after they pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges involving government social housing contracts.
They were charged in December 2022 after a Competition Bureau investigation. The Bureau says the men manipulated 54 contracts between 2011 and 2016.
The contractors were initially charged with conspiracy to commit fraud over $5,000 under the criminal code. They were also charged with conspiracy to allocate contracts under the Competition Act.
They pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy under the Competition Act in the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench.
The contracts were awarded by the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation, worth a total value of $3.5 million, for social housing refurbishment, according to the Competition Bureau….