Summary of Recoveries
The Government of Canada has recovered through out-of-courts settlements and other remittances, $8.42MFootnote 1 of sponsorship funds that were improperly received. The following table provides the details.
| Name of Organization and/or Individual | Date (year/month/day) |
Amount ($) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Coffin and 2794101 Canada Inc. (doing business under the name Communication Coffin) | 2005-08-11 | 1,105,834 | 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 | 1,368,470 | 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 + 1,138,269 of damages payment avoided | Settlement Agreement 2008-01-31 Includes withdrawal of four lawsuits against Government of Canada (GoC) |
| Éric Lafleur and Publicité Dézert Inc. | 2008-04-01 | 150,000 | 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 |
| Jacques Corriveau (Pluridesign Inc.) | 2017-01-17 | 1,670,000Footnote 1 | N/AFootnote 2 |
Footnotes
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This assumes the sale of Jacques Corriveau's house, which was confiscated and transferred to the Government of Canada, for its appraised value of $985,000.
- Footnote 2
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For further information, kindly consult court files numbered 500-38-018205-137, 500-38-018204-130 and 500-01-097000-134 of the Superior Court, District of Montréal, Province of Quebec.
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