Evidence of meeting #16 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was money.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
So you saw all the money coming in and going out, perhaps not right up until the final phase, but you did see the money. Is that correct?
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
How much money came in with the $20 million from Airbus over that period of time?
Bloc
As an Individual
No, perhaps it was not as much as that. There was about $12 million from Airbus and $4 million from Thyssen. So it was a little less. It amounted to between $15 and $20 million.
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
So that accounted for the revenues of IAL over this period, essentially.
As an Individual
Yes, there was $1 million from Messerschmitt for the helicopters.
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
You left in 1991. Do you assume that other funds came in, given the contracts that had been signed?
As an Individual
I assume that the rest of the Airbus commissions came in, yes.
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
As the manager, you were required to sign cheques, to manage the funds. Earlier, you spoke about the $5 million that came in on October 5, 1988. I imagine that you wrote some cheques at that time. Earlier you spoke about a figure of $500,000. Is that correct?
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
And the rest, $4.5 million, went into other accounts. If I understood you correctly, Mr. Schreiber left with cash.
As an Individual
No, he took it in the form of a cheque, which he cashed at the Swiss Bank Corporation.
Bloc
Bloc
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
The $5 million in question was deposited into the IAL account. Is that right?
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
When you refer to his account, are you referring to the Kensington account?
Bloc
Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
I see. So there was a personal account into which he deposited the $4.5 million.