McGill superhospital offices raided by Anti-corruption unit

In the latest news of Quebec’s ongoing clear out on controversial dealings with the construction industry, McGill University’s Health Centre was searched on Tuesday morning by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit.

According to CBC, It has been confirmed that the anti-corruption unit arrived at its offices on Guy Street at 8 a.m. searching for information relating to the awarding of contracts for the Glen site of the MUHC’s new superhospital.

According to a spokesperson for UPAC, fewer than five warrants were executed, however each was part of an important operation

Roughly 12 officers with Operation Hammer met with countless people linked to the investigations and carried out their warrants at the MUHC’s Guy Street offices.

MUHC isn’t releasing many details about the investigation at this time, however they have said they are fully co-operating with the investigation.

So far, no arrests have been made.

MUHC’s superhospital has been in the works since 2001 and finally started being built in 2001. It is near Vendôme metro station in Montreal’s west end. 

The hospital was planned to be 217, 500 square-meters and priced at 1.3 billion dollars.

Although the facility was supposed to be open in September of 2014, a report released in July claimed the date had been changed to January of 2015.

British company Innisfree Ltd. And Montréal-based engineering company SNC-Lavalin have partnered together on this project.

In April, SNC-Lavalin’s headquarters were raided by the RCMP due to a 56 million- US dollar payment to an undisclosed agent on two large projects. The company has not released any information on the whereabouts of these projects.