PQ Kickbacks? (corrected)

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Time has been pretty divided today. Two trips to town, a family visitor, work, and posting when I can, plus making dog show entries and the work that theoretically pays the bills.

This has been the top breaking story of the day, apparently - Toronto
Sun's Greg Weston

A MONTREAL advertising firm that received more than $40 million in AdScam sponsorship contracts paid huge kickbacks to both the federal Liberal party and the Quebec separatists, senior executives of the company have told Sun Media. "I remember seeing the cheques," one former Groupaction executive said of payments to the federal Liberal party in Quebec.

The man spoke on condition that he not be identified until he testifies at the Gomery inquiry sometime over the coming weeks.


Have read a brief comment that the PQ has denied this, but that it has made for some interesting exchanges during Question Period. Will update later, or you may pop any developments in the comments for me to pick up later.

correction In my haste, I originally typed "BQ" instead of "PQ" when I first wrote this. The distinction is important - the Bloc are the federal version of the provincial Parti Qu�b�cois.

Thanks for pointing this out in the comments and I apologize for the confusion.


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Hi Kate,

I think you mean, PQ, not BQ. According to the Sun story,

Renaud said that in one transaction, a total of about $90,000 was given to the PQ as part of Groupaction's getting a $4.5-million advertising contract for the Quebec liquor board, called the SAQ.

Groupaction apparently won the contract in a competition when a bagman for the Parti Quebecois had a meeting with the firm's top executives.

P.Q.denying at,
macleans.ca

Of course they deny it. They can't portray the Liberals only as bigger crooks.

I'm thoroughly sick of P.M.s from Quebec, and bending over for Quebec and always, always asking what Quebec will think, feel, say? I don't care anymore and if they want to go, in future, well they can! We've been held to ransom by Quebec and it's thuggish political machines. ENOUGH!

foreign devil,
i will drink to that

Glug Glug GLug

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