Champlain Bridge update: Strict quality standards being met, director says after defect reports

Despite reports of shoddy materials being shipped, Daniel Genest, the director of co-ordination for the new Champlain Bridge, said every piece meets strict standards of quality.
With 361 days to go before the new $4.2-billion bridge is due to be handed over to the federal government, Genest spent Monday meeting reporters to respond to a report in the Journal de Montréal stating that incomplete or missing welds, misaligned holes on steel parts and cracked or porous metal plates h