"I didn't know"
We'll probably never know the truth about Saint-Lambert in 1997 but maybe if enough pieces like this come out we'll get close...
(Hat-tip to Spector)
Loans:
Operating loan information
Gaby Chretien $5,000
Individuals:
A. Desmarais/Finance Chretien Desmarais $3,000
The Liberal candidate received 25% of her legally declared donations from the following companies and/or their employees.
Lafleur
Groupaction
Le Groupe Polygone Editeurs Inc.
It all makes this statement harder and harder to believe.
(Hat-tip to Spector)
The end of the presentation of evidence yesterday left an intriguing question unanswered. In an earlier hearing, the court was told that Mr. Brault's right-hand man, François Desjardins, had run errands to the home of Mr. Chrétien in the late 1990s.I've blogged about the Saint-Lambert riding before - focussing on the 1997 federal election. It was close and had some very big names providing money to the Liberals.
"I went to the home of Prime Minister Chrétien, on several occasions. Once I drove Mr. Chrétien's brother, from Saint-Lambert, to Sussex Drive," Mr. Desjardins said in a statement to the RCMP that was read in court last fall.
Neither Crown nor defence lawyers could elaborate yesterday on that statement.
Loans:
Operating loan information
Gaby Chretien $5,000
Individuals:
A. Desmarais/Finance Chretien Desmarais $3,000
The Liberal candidate received 25% of her legally declared donations from the following companies and/or their employees.
Lafleur
Groupaction
Le Groupe Polygone Editeurs Inc.
It all makes this statement harder and harder to believe.
