Ottawa to pay tax bill imposed on Laval, Que. after corrupt ex-mayor’s fraud - BERITAJA

The national authorities has agreed to salary $1.1 cardinal to settee a Canada Revenue Agency taxation measure imposed connected a Montreal suburb for costs the metropolis recovered from a corrupt ex-mayor.

A spokesperson for Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he will authorize the costs to the Revenue Department connected behalf of Laval, Que., northbound of Montreal.

The taxation measure stems from the actions of erstwhile Laval politician Gilles Vaillancourt, who pleaded blameworthy successful 2016 to participating successful a years-long collusion and corruption strategy surrounding the awarding of nationalist contracts.

He was sentenced to six years successful situation and ordered to repay the metropolis much than $8 million, including $7 cardinal that was held successful a Swiss slope account.

Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer formally asked Ottawa successful March to intervene truthful that the city’s residents wouldn’t beryllium stuck paying taxes connected money it recovered from Vaillancourt.

Champagne’s property secretary, John Fragos, says the authorities recognizes that the taxation business was unfair to Laval and its residents, and is acting to rectify it.