Review Article 2 below and answer the questions:

• What aspect of the Competition Act (Conspiracy to lessen competition, bid rigging, price discrimination, predatory pricing) is the focus of this article?
• Give a brief description of the situation.
• What was the result?

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Article 2:

A former executive for Quebec engineering firm Dessau received a 12-month sentence, including 6 months of house arrest and 6 months under curfew, after pleading guilty today in the Court of Quebec to rigging bids for City of Gatineau infrastructure contracts. Dave Boulay, formerly Dessau's Director and Assistant Vice-President, Outaouais, admitted to participating in a bid-rigging scheme from 2006 to 2008 in which several engineering firms conspired to divide up City of Gatineau contracts among themselves.The City of Gatineau was not aware of the bid-rigging scheme.

Quick Facts

• Following a Competition Bureau investigation, criminal charges were laid in June 2018 against Mr. Boulay and three others in connection with bid-rigging on a total of 21 City of Gatineau infrastructure contracts awarded between 2004 and 2008.
• Mr. Boulay received leniency in sentencing due to factors including his cooperation with the investigation and the fact that he had no role in the instigation of the bid-rigging scheme.
• Court proceedings are ongoing against the remaining accused: Andr Mathieu, formerly Vice-President and Associate for Cima+; Claude Marquis, formerly Regional Director, Outaouais for Genivar (now WSP Canada); and Michel Famery, formerly Regional Vice-President for Dessau.