1965: Canada

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In 1965 Canada was rocked by scandals, the worst since those concerning the Beauharnois Canal. Montreal lawyer Pierre Lamontagne, counsel for the U.S. government, claimed to have been offered a $20,000 bribe in the House of Commons office of René Tremblay, minister of immigration, and to have been... ...