Bernard Trepanier, who became known as 'Mr. 3%' during the Charbonneau Commission's hearings, has died of cancer at the age of 79.
Trepanier was a fundraiser for former mayor Gerald Tremblay's Union Montreal party who later was accused for other Charbonneau Commission witnesses of being part of a massive bid-rigging and kickback scheme a decade ago.
He earned his nickname after the cut of city contracts he was alleged to have pocketed as part of the scheme.
Trepanier had been facing fraud and corruption charges, but in June, those charges were dropped because of his ill health.
He had also been charges in the Faubourg Contrecoeur case, stemming from the 2007 sale of city-owned land to build a housing project. Those charges, too, were dropped.