Headquarters Montreal Annual budget $CAN 30 million | Employees 200 (2014) Website UPAC.gouv.qc.ca | |
Formed February 11, 2011; 6 years ago (2011-02-11) Agency executive Robert Lafrenière, Commissioner | ||
The Unité permanente anticorruption (English: Permanent Anticorruption unit) is a Quebec government agency whose aim is to fight corruption, collusion and other economic crimes. Founded in February 2011, the unit served to coordinate the efforts of Opération Marteau, the contractual verification team of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, the anti-fraud squad of Revenu Québec, the anti-collusion unit of Transports Québec, Régie du Bâtiment investigators as well as Commission de la construction du Québec inspectors. In late 2016 UPAC began investigating two Montreal School Boards, the English Montreal School Board and the Lester B. Pearson School Board, over allegations of irregularities.
The UPAC consists of over 300 people and its operating budget is $30 million. It is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security and was created as an alternative to a public inquiry commission.