Summary of Recoveries

July 2011

The Government of Canada has recovered through out-of-courts settlements and other remittances $6.8M of sponsorship funds that were improperly received. The following table provides the details:

Name of Organization
and/or Individual
Date
(year/month/day)
Amount $ Comments
Paul Coffin and 2794101 Canada Inc. (doing business under the name Communication Coffin) 2005-08-11 $1,590,184 Settlement Agreement
2005-08-11
Publicité Martin Inc.
(current owners: Groupe OSL Inc.)
2005-09-02 $50,000 Settlement Agreement
2005-09-02
Liberal Party of Canada 2005-11-01 $1,142,818 Voluntary remittance
Draft Inc. and Média I.D.A. Vision Inc. 2006-09-07 $1,057,155 Settlement Agreement
2006-09-07
Claude Boulay and Sensas (G.E.C.M.) Inc., Everest Estrie Publicité (G.E.C.M.) Inc., Everest Commandites (G.E.C.M.) Inc., Everest Publicité Promotions (G.E.C.M.) Inc., Gestion Opération Tibet Inc. 2007-06-11 $1,000,000 Settlement Agreement
2007-06-11
Jean Brault, Groupaction Marketing Inc., Gosselin relations publiques Inc., CPPC - Centre de placement de professionnels en communication Inc., Alléluia Design Inc., and Groupaxion Nouveaux médias Inc. 2008-01-31 $250,000 + $1,006,699 of damages payment avoided Settlement Agreement
2008-01-31
Includes withdrawal of 4 lawsuits against Government of Canada (GoC)
Éric Lafleur and Publicité Dézert Inc. 2008-04-01 $152,808 Settlement Agreement
2008-04-01
Includes payment schedule
Jean Lafleur on-going $248,512 Court Order
2007-06-27
Jean Lafleur Communications Marketing Inc. 2009-05-08 $183,180 Court Order
2009-05-08
Benoit Renaud and Communication Art Tellier Inc. 2009-10-07 $50,000 Settlement Agreement
2009-10-07
Gilles André Gosselin and Gosselin Communications Stratégiques Inc. 2009-11-30 $0 Settlement Agreement
2009-11-30
Andrée Côté-Gosselin and Nicolas Gosselin 2012-04-02 $70,000 Settlement Agreement
2012-04-02