"position": 1, For its part, Zurich said, through its lawyer, that it disagreed with that assertion. We salute and recognize our Gala Co-chairs, John Aquino, Bondfield Construction and Sam Ciccolini, SJC Investments Inc., as well as our donors, friends and benefactors who generously supported this worthwhile cause and made it a truly special event. #bbpress-forums .bbp-body .sticky li.bbp-topic-title .bbp-topic-permalink, Ralph Aquino CHAIRMAN Ralph brings more than 60 years of construction experience to this Chairman role at Corebuild. As for why Mr. Georgiou continued to involve himself in the project, and assert his influence with Mr. Mendonca, Mr. Georgiou insists he received no financial compensation for doing so. .widgettitle:after, } Bondfield was a construction company that operated in the Greater Toronto Area and elsewhere. Aquino, a former Ontario General Contractors Association chair, has been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon; break and enter; and four counts of uttering threats. .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a, .tds-button1, He said bousta was reference to a commission that Mr. Georgiou would earn as an adviser on the casino deal. Next post This is the most recent story. Report this profile Report Report. } Includes Address (6) Phone (7) Email (2) See Results. background-color: #38a6c1; { var td_ad_background_click_target=""; Special to Ontario Construction News The company also recently redeveloped the offices of the Sunnybrook Foundation, which is not taxpayer funded. "@id": "https://www.ontarioconstructionnews.com/category/aroundprovince/", Also known as John Diaquino, Born J Aquino. Mr. Georgiou also was supplied with his own bondfield.com e-mail address. On March 19, The Globe successfully argued to Ontario Superior Court Justice Cory Gilmore that the records uncovered by Zurich should be released to the public. The details of the mass deletion are contained in thousands of pages of court documents unsealed in March, at the request of The Globe, by Ontario Superior Court Justice Cory Gilmore. In an e-mailed statement, a spokesperson for Metrolinx, the provincial agency that oversees GO Transit, said it learned about this allocation because of The Globes inquiries. Learn how your comment data is processed. In a statement to The Globe this week, a spokesperson for Osler said the firm had no knowledge of the e-mail deletions. .td_shadow_btn, A bousta, or busta, is an Italian slang term often used to describe cash in an envelope. That same 2013 e-mail also raises questions about who was ultimately paying for the work on Mr. Georgious home. } } On March 14, 2016, Mr. Aquino sought an audience with the leadership of the hospital, and was coached by Mr. Georgiou on his approach. This article was published more than 1 year ago. The company wouldnt receive anything from taxpayers until it hit its first milestone the completion of the patient-care tower. Manipulated invoices for the renovation and improvement of Ralph Aquino's G, residence approved by Steven Aquino and Ralph Aquino and paid for by Bondfield Construction Company Limited Photo of Steven Aquino, John Aquino, and Joe Anastasio, amongst others, at the H World of Concrete Exposition in January 2017 He also co-chaired, with John Aquino, an annual fundraising gala for Runnymede Health Centre, a small hospital in Torontos west end that was redeveloped by Bondfield in 2007. var tdDateNamesI18n={"month_names":["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"month_names_short":["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],"day_names":["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"],"day_names_short":["Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"]}; The newspaper reported police allege that when Steven Aquino informed John Aquino he was being terminated from his position, John Aquino threw hot coffee on his brother. The Globe and Mail reported that the complainants include two Bondfield officials who allege Aquino threatened to kill them in the months before he was fired in 2018, and one employee who alleged Aquino returned to a Bondfield storage facility in April of this year and assaulted him with a weapon. #td-mobile-nav .td-menu-login-section a:hover, 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. .page .td_quote_box, Bondfield's financing for St. Michael's project meant it wouldn't receive any taxpayer support from the public-private partnership until after the patient-care tower was finished. When he was asked about a 2013 e-mail from Mr. Aquino, which showed Bondfield replaced eight dead trees on Mr. Georgious property, Mr. Georgiou replied, I paid for those trees. He explained that he paid Mr. Aquino in cash and sports tickets. Bondfield has been a major player in Ontario construction industry for years, booking hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue a year. } John Aquino, et al. Our Toronto office acts for Ernst & Young Inc., as monitor in the CCAA proceedings of Bondfield Construction Company Limited and various affiliates. border-color: #38a6c1; They own the globe and maybe we can get story crushed.. htmlTag.className += ' ieEdge'; Previous post There is no more story. In March, Justice Bernadette Dietrich ruled that many of those payments, but not all, were transfers under value which means they were made for the purpose of defrauding or evading creditors. Zurich determined that the two men communicated secretly throughout the hospital bidding process. This is not entirely accurate. body .td_top_authors .td-active .td-authors-name a, John Aquino, Bondfields former president, is a target of the SFO probe as well. .logged-in-as a:hover, if ( -1 !== navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') && -1 === navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Chrome') ) { "name": "Home" Lawyers for Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou said it would be inappropriate for them to comment while the matter is before the courts. .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-item .td-cur-simple-item, .td_block_template_1 .td-related-title, Mr. Marafioti was first hired at Sunnybrook in 1989. a.vc_btn-black.vc_btn_outlined:hover { A pedestrian passes the St. Michael's Hospital emergency entrance this past fall. John Aquino talks on the phone in his SUV last April outside Bondfield's office in Vaughan. They were so close, in fact, that in many e-mails Mr. Georgiou referred to Mr. Mendonca by a nickname: Smooth.. .tdm_block_column_content:hover .tdm-col-content-title-url .tdm-title, .td_block_template_12 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, .tds-button2:before, The patient care tower at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Aug. 31, 2018.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail. The patient care tower at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Aug. 31, 2018. The open court principle is protected by the constitutionally-entrenched right of freedom of expression. Under John Aquinos leadership, the contractor secured several high-profile government contracts, worth a total of more than $1-billion, to redevelop major Ontario landmarks and vital pieces of infrastructure, the newspaper reported. .td_block_template_8 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, Zurich also alleges that other records show the two men were co-owners of another business Potentia Solar Inc. Potentia, which landed a $1.2-billion contract in 2011 to outfit Toronto public schools with solar panels, was owned by people close to both men. By late 2012, the Ontario government had approved a major redevelopment, including a brand new 17-floor patient-care tower. Since then, John Aquino has emerged as a central figure in the fallout from Bondfields collapse. In an e-mail, a spokesperson for the hospital said it is co-operating fully with the investigation and has retained a law firm to investigate. 0 0 805 All Time 0. 1.. Mr. Aquino had provided Mr. Georgiou with a secret BlackBerry and even his own bondfield.com e-mail address, which they used to pass messages. Thanks again for cigar it was good to see you and you have charged my batteries.. var tdb_modal_cancel_alt="No"; After Bondfields collapse, Zurich launched an investigation and discovered that John Aquino had issued a BlackBerry to Vas Georgiou, the then-chief administrative officer of St. Michaels. For its part, Unity Health spokeswoman Sabrina Divell told The Globe that St. Michaels had no knowledge at the time about the work done on Mr. Georgious home. In the e-mail exchanges shown at top, a Bondfield staffer tells Mr. Aquino he has found turf for the backyard at Mr. Georgious Toronto home, at bottom right in satellite view, with the house at street view at bottom left. Asked what Mr. Georgiou was supposed to do for the remaining $450,000, Mr. Aquino said he could earn it by giving him assistance, advice, you know, like a like a finders fee.. background-color: #38a6c1; The court documents contain no other references to StrategyCorp in the days leading up to Bondfields lawsuit against The Globe. In making the award, the court concluded that "the looting of Bondfield by its CEO, John Aquino, and the other Bondfield Respondents to the tune of tens of millions of dollars rises to the level of reprehensible and scandalous behaviour that attracts the sanction of substantial indemnity costs." _____ Your email address will not be published. He didnt pay because he was a friend and a client, he said. But in an e-mailed statement, he said he conducted himself in a completely ethical and professional manner in all aspects.. .td_block_template_4 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item:before { This barely satisfactory score was not good enough for one of the Infrastructure Ontario officials on the steering committee. But Mr. Aquino knew Bondfields computer servers held evidence of something worse. I have no idea when or why or how much. .td-footer-wrapper .td-post-category, } He has led construction companies in multiple fields, including masonry, formwork and excavation. .widgettitle, The charges include allegations that Aquino assaulted and threatened to kill some of the companys employees and co-owners. .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-list a:hover, The articles addressed the connection between the appellant and its president, John Aquino, with Vas Georgiou, a senior executive at SMH who was on the committee that awarded the construction contract to the appellant. var tdLocalCache = {}; The Globe and Mail discovered that information on their own, and I wont confirm it.. 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. Mr. MacNaughton was named Canadas ambassador to the United States in March, 2016. .td_block_template_1 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, VICE-PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Learn More David Petrie VP OPERATIONS Learn More Kevin Hicks, CPA, CMA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Learn More Ajith Lokuge, B.Sc. .td-weather-information:before, .td_block_template_6 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, Mr. Georgious lawyer has said her client denies any wrongdoing. googletag.enableServices(); In a 2017 e-mail, he urged Mr. Aquino to get something for Michael Mendonca, the hospitals vice-president of the redevelopment, and who was recruited to the hospital by Mr. Georgiou. 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. In response to e-mailed questions from The Globe, Linda Robinson, the then-chair of Infrastructure Ontarios board and a former partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, said: I am not going to comment on matters that were reviewed at great length and in painstaking detail by the legal and accounting firms five years ago., Michael Lindsay, the new CEO of Infrastructure Ontario, said in an e-mailed statement that, because the agency selects winners by consensus as part of a committee, it is virtually impossible for individuals to influence the outcome., As for the investigators failure to uncover the secret e-mails between Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou, or the evidence of the home renovations and other alleged benefits, Mr. Lindsay chalked that up to the limitations of private investigators. var td_user_incorrect="Username incorrect! Notify me of follow-up comments by email. .tdm-btn-style2:before { "; On Nov. 12, 2015, St. Michaels fired Mr. Georgiou for cause. .dropcap, The aggregate value of these projects is in the billions of dollars. .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-dropdown a:hover, After the bids were submitted, the details of each were supposed to be confidential. .tds-progress-bar1 .tdm-progress-bar:after, Contact us: insights@ontarioconstructionnews.com, 2023 26750547 Ontario Ltd., Ontario Construction News, 1554 Carling Ave. Suite 57, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7M4 (888) 627-8717 ext 114. Bondfield Construction reported bullet holes in its building on 2 occasions in the past month in just the latest incident of buildings, particularly in Vaughan, being targeted with guns .td-read-more a, Notify me of follow-up comments by email. background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 100%); .td-post-next-prev-content a:hover, He has lived in Ottawa since 1981. .td_block_template_5 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, "item": { Under questioning by Zurichs lawyer, Matthew Lerner, Mr. Aquino acknowledged Bondfield performed all of this work free of charge. Mr. MacNaughton could not be reached for comment. JOE ANA, THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL SOLANO, LUCIA COCCIA a.k.a. Mr. Aquino was Bondfield's CEO when it won the St. Michael's contract in 2015. When asked by Zurichs lawyers how he had such detailed information about a confidential meeting only a day after the argument, Mr. Aquino said he couldnt recall precisely who told him. } color: #38a6c1 !important; var tdb_modal_confirm="Save"; var td_please_wait="Please wait"; Mr. Ciccolini had fundraised for former federal Conservative cabinet minister Julian Fantino, and Masters brokered some of the surety bond contracts that Zurich is now saddled with as a result of Bondfields collapse. The corporate entities sought to vary the Mareva on the basis that Mr. Aquino had no ongoing ownership interest over certain assets subject to the Order. .td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .sfHover > a, .td_wp_recentcomments a:hover, if( -1 !== navigator.userAgent.indexOf('IEMobile') ){ *rv\:11\./) ) { When The Globe published more stories, including a piece about both mens ties to GP8 Sportwater, Bondfield sued over those as well. He passed messages from Mr. Aquino to Mr. Mendonca, and vice versa, through 2017. "; At all times, Osler acted professionally and ethically in advancing its clients interests in this litigation, Ms. Stein-Korte said. "position": 2, //td_block class - each ajax block uses a object of this class for requests The result was a $125-million libel lawsuit from the construction company. "@type": "ListItem", As far as your story goes, I wont provide any information on the victims, in order to protect them, Pattenden wrote to OCN. .td_block_template_9 .td-block-title:after, .td-left-smart-list:hover, .td_block_template_7 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item, Your email address will not be published. var td_ad_background_click_link=""; htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-chrome'; Workplace safety and health will continue to evolve, and the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) will continue to connect you with industry expertise, a network of like-minded peers and the latest innovations. Sam Ciccolini, one of the founders of Masters Insurance Ltd. and a prominent Conservative party backer in Vaughan, responded to the e-mailed statement: I think a legal action should be filed against the Globe and let them know that the Aquinos are no pushovers and the Ciccolinis will be right beside them to help.. Two of those buildings, on Gervais Drive in midtown Toronto, housed multiple commercial tenants. .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover, ICARE Gala Co-Chairs, John Aquino, Bondfield Construction Company Ltd. (left) and Sam Ciccolini, SJC Investments Inc. (right) join Connie Dejak, President & CEO at the 2013 gala. var tdb_modal_confirm_alt="Yes"; John Aquino, the former chief executive officer of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd., was a domineering boss who was used to getting his way. background: -webkit-gradient(left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.8)), color-stop(100%, rgba(0,0,0,0.7))); Another e-mail from June 10, 2015 after the St. Michaels contract was awarded to Bondfield shows that a Bondfield landscaper wanted to know how he should pay for $4,000 worth of artificial turf Mr. Georgiou wanted for his backyard. St. Michael's Hospital in 2015, the year that Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd. won a contract to manage a major redevelopment there.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail. John Aquino was the directing mind of Bondfield Construction Company Limited (BCCL), a construction company that operated in and around Toronto, as well as its affiliate, Forma-Con Construction (CC), which performed concrete forming. { var td_magnific_popup_translation_tPrev="Previous (Left arrow key)"; Over a number of years, Aquino and his associates were alleged to have carried out a false invoicing scheme by which they siphoned off tens of millions of dollars from both companies. .sf-menu > .sfHover > a:after, Zurich also discovered that when The Globe began publishing stories in September, 2015, about the close ties between the two men, Mr. Aquino ordered his IT staff to wipe all references to Mr. Georgiou from the companys e-mail server. Infrastructure Ontario launched an investigation of his dealings with Vas Georgiou.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail. Andy Pattenden confirmed in an email to Ontario Construction News (OCN) on Monday. He said all four members of Mr. Georgious committee directed his team to rescore the bidders. .td-pulldown-syle-2 .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more i, var user_agent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); The agency is investigating these troubling allegations, said spokeswoman Anne Marie Aikins. John Bondfield to the Commissioners. Details of the alleged kickbacks contained in e-mails and transcripts were barred from public view. function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} .vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab.vc_active > a, reported that the Bondfield Group had a cash flow concern. .td-mobile-content .current-menu-ancestor > a, } Four months later, in July, Mr. Georgiou and Mr. Aquino were again concerned about Mr. Mendonca jumping ship. { Once installed at Bondfields headquarters north of Toronto, Zurich found evidence that Mr. Aquino and Mr. Georgiou had been improperly exchanging information throughout the St. Michaels bidding process. .td-smart-list-button:hover, htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-safari'; And it issued him a stern warning: He was forbidden from using confidential information he had obtained during the procurement and from providing services to any company working on the hospital. 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. Following an in-depth peer review process, the 2022 Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers guide recognizes 15 Lenczner Slaght lawyers for their extensive courtroom experience and subject-matter expertise. "use strict"; Mr. Dipede wrote that Mr. Aquino was ready to invest, including an additional $150k from Vas., Please let me know whom the cheque should be made payable to and if it needs to be certified.. htmlTag.className += ' td-md-is-firefox'; .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover, But I didnt give any cash to Mike Mendonca., Mr. Mendonca declined to explain what Mr. Georgiou was referring to when he asked Mr. Aquino to get something for him. Mr. Aquino said that, when it came to Potentia, Vas didnt get a penny from me. 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