From: brewnoserii@gmail.com   
      
   His party still relies on corporate election money  . . . rules be damned.     
   And this is just ONE company that was found out, because they were under   
   investigation for other corruption issues.   
      
   Justin and his party are going to have to be watched very, very carefully.    
   TWO opposition parties to do the watching now, but only one will want to go   
   near this issue, eh?   
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   ipolitics.ca/2015/11/06/   
      
   2005-08 funding scheme funnelled ineligible contributions to Liberals,   
   Conservatives   
      
   A Quebec engineering firm poured thousands of dollars into federal Liberal and   
   Conservative party coffers by getting employees to make donations then   
   reimbursing them through fictitious expense claims, the Commissioner of Canada   
   Elections revealed Friday.   
      
   In a compliance agreement reached four days before the federal election but   
   only made public three weeks after it was reached, Dessau Inc admits that a   
   former vice-president of a subsidiary, who has since died, solicited the   
   political contributions    
   between January 2005 and May 2008.   
      
   Although companies are not allowed under federal law to contribute to   
   political parties, the investigation revealed Dessau employees poured an   
   estimated $40,752 in ineligible contributions into the Liberal and   
   Conservative parties.   
      
   The Liberal Party of Canada received $11,237, various Liberal Party riding   
   associations received a total of $13,665. The Conservative Party of Canada got   
   $13,000 and various Conservative riding associations received $2,850.   
      
   Nadia Gervais, spokeswoman for the Commissioner of Elections office, refused   
   to reveal the names of the individuals involved in funnelling money to the   
   Liberals and the Conservatives.  She also refused to reveal when the   
   investigation started, saying    
   only that it began a number of years after the 2005-2008 donations.   
      
   In the compliance agreement, Commissioner of Elections Yves Côté says all of   
   the contributions have been returned to the Receiver General of Canada.   
      
   The individual behind the scheme "committed the alleged acts under the   
   direction and/or instructions of a director" of Dessau, the agreement says.     
   Those involved in the scheme to flow money into the Liberal and Conservative   
   coffers are no longer with    
   the company and it has taken steps to make sure it doesn't happen again, it   
   said.   
      
   While the compliance agreement calls for the company not to break the law and   
   to publicize the compliance agreement, no charges are being laid in connection   
   with the scheme.                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
      
   It's not the first time that the engineering firm has found itself on the   
   wrong side of authorities. In 2013, Dessau and its sister construction   
   company, Verreault Inc, were blacklisted under Quebec government legislation   
   to restore corporate integrity,    
   prohibiting them from bidding on public sector contracts for five years.     
   They were removed from the blacklist later that year.   ((+_+))   
      
   Dessau was also among the companies named during the Charbonneau Commission   
   hearings into corruption in Quebec's construction industry, which has largely   
   focused on money flowing to provincial or municipal political parties and   
   politicians.   
      
   In 2013 Rosaire Sauriol resigned as a senior vice-president at Dessau after   
   testifying before the commission that he used false company invoices to   
   channel $2 million to political parties.   Later that year, his brother,   
   Jean-Pierre Sauriol, resigned as    
   chief executive officer and president of Dessau.   A few days later, another   
   vice-president, Patrice Laporte, was suspended after his name appeared on a   
   charge sheet related to former Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum.   
      
   Gervais defended the decision to only reveal the existence of the compliance   
   agreement after the election, saying it normally takes a couple of weeks to   
   translate agreements and make sure everything is in order.   
      
   Olivier Duchesneau, spokesman for the Liberal Party, said the party was not   
   aware of what Dessau was doing, cooperated with the investigation and returned   
   the money.   
      
   Cory Hann, spokesman for the Conservative Party, said the party was not aware   
   of the funding scheme either.   
      
   "We expect people donating to our Party are doing so truthfully and lawfully,   
   following all rules, regulations and laws as set out by Elections Canada and   
   the Elections Act.   When we found out that wasn't the case, we acted   
   immediately and repaid the    
   ineligible contributions to the Receiver General."   
      
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