City contracts resume under new rules
The city can award contracts again but under new rules which mean businesses that bid will need to have their books scrutinized by the Autorité des marchés financiers, which used only to oversee businesses offering financial services. But other new rules may be coming as well.
Can we really confine greedy human nature in these webs of regulation? We’ll see.
qatzelok 15:23 on 2013/01/10 Permalink
Mafia isn’t just about greed. It’s also about trying to survive in a nation where you are not qualified/willing to do anything useful for other people. So to support yourself, you use your network of associates to extort cash from the less cliquey.
Ian 18:24 on 2013/01/10 Permalink
You’re certainly being more subtle in your racism, qatzi – baby steps, right? It’s good ol’ francophones in charge of government, and they were the ones accepting the bribes. Think on that.
dwgs 19:21 on 2013/01/10 Permalink
Ian, thank you for putting that more eloquently than I would have.
Bert 19:54 on 2013/01/10 Permalink
qatzelok, I don’t think it’s fair to stereotype immigrants (especially those of the 1800-1900′s) as exclusively not-qualified or not-willing. There was a lot racial discrimination back then, and there still is some today. Signs reading “Irish need not apply” are not just stories.
This is why communities did group together, to get strength in numbers. This is a reason why the Irish mafia, the Russian Mafia, Gypsies, Yakuza, etc. These groups decided to prey on other people, in their community, with extortion, loan-sharking, dealing in illegal goods, etc.
Now, not to solely say it’s a racial thing, other groups have behaved badly. (Churches, scouts, native residential-shcooling, Officer 728 (supported by her colleagues).) Kate said it well, it’s greedy HUMAN nature.