Two events in Mark Bruneau for the CAQ

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Francois Legault

Patrick Bellerose

Saturday, 30 September 2017, 00:00

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At the time of launch of the CAQ, François Legault has held not one, but two cocktails of funding for the business man Mark Bruneau, well known to have held evenings very profitable for the liberal Party of Canada and liberal Party of Quebec.

It is also at Mark Bruneau, in a luxurious condo at 1000 de la Commune, took place an evening of fundraising for the LIBERALS in 2008 who is the subject of an investigation by the Sûreté du Québec, because of the presence of two persons suspected to be linked to organized crime.

Last week, the leader of the CAQ, François Legault, had claimed to have held ” a “is the only fundraising activity at 1000 de la Commune, a place often described as a true “bunker” of organized crime.

The financial report of the CAQ in 2011 actually made state event in December 2011.

Many events

However, a second fundraiser was held in the penthouse estimated at$ 6.2 Million, say Mark Bruneau himself and two other persons present. The second event, more important, was attended by 60 people.

After having been confronted with the information of our parliamentary Bureau, the CAQ has found a cheque confirming the holding of the event.

According to his spokesman, François Legault believes that it ” is not impossible at all that he has had two cocktails at this place.” “He adds, however, that the number of cocktails of funding with the participation of party leaders, we can’t ask them to recall spontaneously all of these,” says Guillaume Simard-Leduc.

The latter also emphasizes that the investigation of the Sûreté du Québec in 2008 was not directly Mark Bruneau, but rather two of its guests.

Potential candidate

When questioned about the first cocktail of funding last week, François Legault had quickly distanced himself from Mark Bruneau.

“He was not involved in the direction of the CAQ and it is even less involved now in the direction of the CAQ,” he assured.

Mark Bruneau, him, saying that the leader of the CAQ was regarded at the time as a potential candidate. “We were talking, two, and finally it has not indulged, he entrusted to our parliamentary Bureau. I have not been denied, I haven’t refused, it just didn’t addicted. “