Montreal inspector general recommends $700,000 fine for waste company

Montreal’s inspector general is recommending that the city fine Environmental 360 Solutions $700,000 after the company allegedly broke municipal subcontracting rules. According to a report released Monday, the company did not get approval before assigning work to subcontractors when the contracts exceeded the legal limit of $1 million. The report also says the company kept working with a subcontractor that had been blacklisted, even though it was operating under another name. Environmental 360 Solutions said it used the subcontracting arrangements to keep waste services running efficiently during a labour shortage. The inspector general also says the city should avoid renewing the company’s contract and blacklist the subcontractors involved for five years.