Six days later, he e-mailed Mr. Aquino again: After further thought you may want to rag the puck for a bit and slow things down against the Globe. .tdm-btn-style3:hover { The project was a public-private partnership, which meant Bondfield paid for all of the construction through a credit facility funded by a syndicate of banks, led by the Bank of Montreal. After Mr. Georgiou joined the hospital, the first hurdle Bondfield had to clear was the Request for Qualifications, or RFQ. That is why clients turn to us to solve their most complex legal problems. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. After publishing its first piece, The Globe learned that, at the same time Mr. Georgiou had been evaluating bids for the St. Michaels project, he had also been working on the side for companies owned by Mr. Aquino. Mr. Aquino had also provided Mr. Georgiou with his own bondfield.com e-mail address. Mr. Aquino was Bondfield's CEO when it won the St. Michael's contract in 2015.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail. .logged-in-as a:hover, this.post_count = 0; //from wp font-size:12px; The multinational insurer alleges Mr. Georgiou received kickbacks, including free home renovations, and secretly obtained shares, worth at least $500,000, in companies owned by Mr. Aquino. [16] In October 2018, BCCL's primary lender, Bridging Finance Inc. ("Bridging"), called in its $80,000,000 loan. "; Mr. Aquino also wanted to know if his name showed up in any public records connected with a commercial building in Toronto. "; Vas Georgiou had been the chief administrative officer of Infrastructure Ontario, the agency responsible for all of the provinces major public-sector building projects, and before that, a senior executive at another Toronto hospital, St. Josephs Health Centre. The City of Hamilton estimates 59 million litres of sanitary sewage flowed into the Hamilton Harbour over 26 years from Ontario Construction News staff writer .tds-button5:hover .tdm-btn-text, Osler declined to say how much it was paid by Bondfield. EllisDons design was considered non-compliant and it was disqualified. .td_block_template_9 .td-related-title:after { .td_wp_recentcomments a:hover, But on Sept. 15, 2015, he was up against an ancient and immovable force: the Jewish high holidays. CLF supplies labourers to GTA job sites for general cleanup work on a temporary or long-term basis. The shipper promised his family a castle in the mid-1800s, and he was determined to follow through. Under questioning by Zurichs lawyer, Matthew Lerner, Mr. Aquino acknowledged Bondfield performed all of this work free of charge. Bondfield's office in Vaughan. var tdThemeName="Newspaper"; this.td_user_action = ''; // load more or infinite loader (used by the animation) #td-mobile-nav .td-menu-login-section a:hover, Canadian singing legend, Andy Kim and his nine-piece band headlined the gala, providing the . .page .td_quote_box, #bbpress-forums .bbp-body .sticky li.bbp-topic-title .bbp-topic-permalink, But the court documents also offer a rare peek into another aspect of the Bondfield scandal: the many steps taken by Mr. Aquino to suppress the truth, destroy evidence and kill a story that threatened to derail a company. Five companies were vying for the contract: PCL, EllisDon, Bondfield, Turner Construction and Brookfield Multiplex. .td-left-smart-list:hover, On April 3, 2019, Bondfield Construction Company Limited ("BCCL") and several related entities (collectively "Bondfield") obtained . Former Bondfield CEO faces seven criminal charges including assault and uttering threats, St. Michaels Hospital says Zurich Insurance is obligated to pay to finish work on Bondfield project, Insurer says it isnt liable for finishing Bondfield renovation. Pressed by Zurichs lawyers, though, Mr. Georgiou said thats not at all what Mr. Aquino meant. Born April 20, 1948 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list Known for Blow Out 7.4 Detective Mackey 1981 And Justice for All 7.4 Deputy Sheriff 1979 Ryan's Hope 7.3 TV Series .widget_display_replies .bbp-author-name, 08 Jul 2015 By Johnson Ta. Known for movies Blow Out (1981) as Detective Mackey Diner (1982) as Tank .and justice for all. "@type": "WebPage", In his statement to The Globe, Mr. DuHamel of Sunnybrook said no one had informed the hospital about the testimony. .wpb_default, "@type": "ListItem", Throughout the RFQ stage of the procurement the phase that Bondfield barely survived, if not for the rescoring of the submissions Mr. Georgiou was co-ordinating with Bondfield, readying two buildings, owned in part by Mr. Aquino, for new commercial tenants. By late 2012, the Ontario government had approved a major redevelopment, including a brand new 17-floor patient-care tower. But behind the scenes, e-mails show, he continued to act as an aide to Mr. Aquino a whisperer who could help him navigate the politics of the hospital. They should continue to fund construction, and then sue the actual fraudsters (John Aquino & Bondfield). .td-author-url a:hover, htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-os-x'; { .widget a:hover, Other evidence uncovered by Zurich, the company alleges, shows that Mr. Aquino provided Mr. Georgiou with shares in businesses he owned. Zurich alleges the unsealed evidence shows: Mr. Georgiou funnelled confidential information to Bondfield throughout the bidding process. However, in his e-mailed statement to The Globe he said he never received cash or any other undisclosed payments from Mr. Aquino or anyone else., The reason cash payments were being raised in Mr. Aquinos examination, was because of an e-mail he sent to Mr. Georgiou in 2017. .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover, body .td_top_authors .td-active .td-authors-name a, "; He added: Weve done a lot of projects there. You can receive a daily update of certificates and notices published in Ontario Construction News, sent around 7:30 a.m. each morning. Mr. Georgiou also was supplied with his own bondfield.com e-mail address. .tds-title3 .tdm-title-line:after, Vas Georgiou was chief administrative officer of St. Michaels Hospital from 2013 to 2015, and John Aquino was CEO of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd. when it won the coveted contract to create Canadas premier critical-care centre in 2015 a $300-million project that is mired in protracted delays. (It has since been purchased by the Power Corp. family of companies and renamed Potentia Renewables). color: #38a6c1 !important; As part of that proceeding, lawyers for Zurich examined Steven Aquino, under oath, in 2020. Sign up today. Bondfield was burning through cash. They were so close, in fact, that in many e-mails Mr. Georgiou referred to Mr. Mendonca by a nickname: Smooth.. .block-title > span, var tdLocalCache = {}; .tds-button6 .tdm-btn-text, On March 19, 2013, those evaluators presented their scores to Mr. Georgious steering committee, which was also made up of two officials from Infrastructure Ontario and a St. Michaels official. St. Michael's Hospital in 2015, the year that Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd. won a contract to manage a major redevelopment there. Photos: Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail, Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA FSA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community. .tds-button1, Click here to leave a comment! .dropcap2, .wpb_tabs li.ui-tabs-active a, In the meantime, our focus will remain on what has been our priority for more than 130 years and what matters even more right now caring for those who need us most during this unprecedented pandemic, she said. Evidence filed in court by Zurich includes Mr. Aquinos handwritten notes, which show he sought advice from Mr. MacNaughton. this.found_posts = 0; //from wp Mr. MacNaughton was named Canadas ambassador to the United States in March, 2016. .td-search-background:before { A Roman Catholic religious order founded the hospital on Bond Street in the 1890s. }, .wpb_tabs li:hover a, John Aquino has stepped down and been replaced by his brother Steve Aquino, formerly vice-president of operations. .widgettitle, } "; var td_retype_pass_incorrect="Retyped Pass incorrect! .td-smart-list-dropdown-wrap .td-smart-list-button:hover, Infrastructure Ontarios rules required the steering committee to be unanimous and his concerns meant the procurement could fail. But what few outside of Bondfield knew, until Zurich filed its materials in court, was that, over the years, Mr. Aquino had ordered his staff to perform many hours of free labour at Mr. Georgious house in north Toronto. "position": 3, On July 27, Mr. Georgiou reached out to Mr. Aquino: More importantly we need to connect on Mike and the BS going on down there and what we do to keep him., The next day, Mr. Aquino replied: I am worried about Smooth., Mr. Mendonca declined to answer a list of questions from The Globe about why he continued to engage with Mr. Georgiou after he was fired. Some information may no longer be current. The Surety Association of Canada has called it the largest construction collapse in the countrys history. A Roman Catholic religious order founded the hospital on Bond Street in the 1890s.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. } The mass deletion of those estimated 5,000 e-mails, however, did not capture every mention of Mr. Georgiou. The documents, Zurich alleges, show that Mr. Aquino bestowed multiple benefits on Mr. Georgiou, including free home renovations, and that Mr. Georgiou intervened on Bondfields behalf to help it secure the St. Michaels contract. htmlTag.className += ' ie10'; When The Globe published more stories, including a piece about both mens ties to GP8 Sportwater, Bondfield sued over those as well. .td_outlined_btn, Vas Georgiou, top, and John Aquino, bottom. The hospital believed it had just the man for the job an executive with a background in health care and construction. if ( navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 10.0") > -1 ) { "; var td_email_incorrect="Email incorrect! Aquino, 48, was arrested and charged on Sept. 23, York Regional Police (YRP) Staff Sgt. john-aquino-owner-bondfield-construction-company-ltd-and-co-founder-co-chair-of-the-icare-gala-with-wife-cinzia Johnson Ta 2015-07-08. } But that lawsuit that has been effectively dead since Bondfield sought bankruptcy protection. 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