He has said some of those extra proceeds paid a 2.5 per cent commission to the Mafia a three per cent kickback to the Montreal mayor’s political party a one per cent payment to a corrupt municipal functionary and endless other bribes to civil servants. Zambito has already testified he participated in a cartel that rigged bids, driving up the cost of construction in Montreal. He added that the person worked for a major engineering firm and, in a hint of testimony to come, Zambito has said such firms were instrumental in illegal campaign financing schemes He says that person solicited a $50,000 cash payment to a Liberal fund in exchange for help with a business problem. In 2007, he says he was approached by someone in the entourage of then-cabinet minister David Whissell - who owned a family construction business and later left cabinet amid a conflict-of-interest controversy. Zambito says it was a surprise incident that showed him how lucrative it might be to get on the governing party’s good side. Eventually, when I need you, I’ll call upon you. He said he gave the deputy premier 40 red roses on her 40th birthday hosted her and members of her entourage at a Celine Dion concert at Montreal’s Bell Centre and gave her tickets to a subsequent Madonna show, although he’s unsure if she ever used them. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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