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Health authority in Montreal agreed to coronavirus ‘crisis management’ contract without cost estimate
novel coronavirus after being told there was no way to know how much the contract would cost.Consulting firm TACT Intelligence Conseil explained this in an email sent by its co-founder on the morning of April 10, 2020, as she delivered a copy of the proposed contract to Lynne McVey, chief executive of the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre (CIUSSS).“Without having all the details and knowing how things will work, we have provided our hourly rates instead of putting the total,” wrote TACT’s Manon Genest, in the email, sent to McVey and released to Global News through access to information legislation.“We can keep you up to date on the fees on a daily basis if you wish.”The CIUSSS wound up spending at