The Charbonneau Inquiry into corruption resumed Monday morning with more questions for former political fundraiser Gilles Cloutier.
Before the commission's two-week break Cloutier identified how he controlled municipal elections throughout Quebec in order to win public construction contracts for private companies.
He said many people took part in money laundering, election-rigging, and bid-fixing schemes, the most prominent being Justice Michel Deziel and former PQ cabinet minister Guy Chevrette.
Both of those men have denied the allegations against them, but the Canadian Judicial Council said it will investigate the matter.
As the Inquiry resumed, a lawyer representing Chevrette petitioned for the opportunity to cross-examine Cloutier about the allegations.
When he returned to the stand, Cloutier said he had one admission to make: that he had lied about part of his previous testimony wherein he said he owned a summer house.
Cloutier said that although he had told people for years that he owned a home in Charlevoix, in reality he merely rented the property.
"I did it out of pride. I told everyone I was the owner when I was not," said Cloutier.
Stephane Giroux is reporting on the commission.
