Projet Montreal wants documents public

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Friday, August 27, 2010

The Gazette

MONTREAL- Genieau, the consortium that lost Montreal's $355.8-million water-management contract, says it hasn't decided whether it will fight the city to keep it from making parts of its $34-million claim for the cancellation of the controversial contract public.

Opposition party Projet Montreal filed an access to information request with the city to see the bills and other documents that Genieau submitted with its claim last month.

The city clerk's office, which handles access requests, wrote to the party yesterday saying that certain documents are confidential, including contracts Genieau had signed with subcontractors. The city clerk's office also said it thinks the company's summary invoices, covering assorted supplies of goods or services, should be public.

Genieau has 15 days to file an appeal with Quebec's access to information commission to try to keep the invoices secret.


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