Evidence of meeting #42 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was sauvé.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
We are going to move on to serious matters. Mr. Paradis said this:
Mr. Prud'Homme told him to call Mr. Sauvé, and Mr. Mailhot thought that Mr. Sauvé was a member of the board of directors of the Bourassa riding association. The conversation lasted 15 seconds and the issue was referred to Mr. Prud'Homme.
Are you denying that?
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Gilles Prud'homme
Yes.
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Liberal
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Gilles Prud'homme
I am saying that I did not tell Mr. Mailhot to call Mr. Sauvé. I did not speak to the Minister about his coat.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
So Mr. Mailhot is a liar? Ultimately, everybody is a liar, according to you.
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Gilles Prud'homme
I am saying what I did. I can't speak for the others. That's all I can do. I know that you are conducting an inquisition, but I am answering about what I did and not what others did.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
Right.
So Mr. Sauvé is a liar and Mr. Paridis is not telling the truth.
You are also a municipal organizer, but we will come back to that.
When a minister's assistant calls ... That isn't just anyone, it's a government minister who attends a cocktail party fundraiser. We know that cocktail party fundraisers are very sensitive activities. You never asked Paul Sauvé any questions to find out who was going to be there?
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Gilles Prud'homme
No.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
You absolutely did not protect the Minister. You said to yourself that whatever happened, it wasn't a problem.
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Gilles Prud'homme
I didn't think about it.
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Gilles Prud'homme
Honestly, no.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
You don't think? Right, you don't think.
You were an organizer at the municipal level. Is it true that you were the chief organizer for Cosmo Maciocia's campaign for mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, in 2005?
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Gilles Prud'homme
Of the team...
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Gilles Prud'homme
Of Team Tremblay, in Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, yes, I was the organizer.
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Gilles Prud'homme
On the ground, the real person in charge of the campaign was the organizer in the region, Martin Dumont.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
Were you paid in cash during that time? Were you paid by Mr. Maciocia during that campaign?
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Gilles Prud'homme
Was I paid? No.
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Gilles Prud'homme
No.
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Liberal
Denis Coderre Liberal Bourassa, QC
You have never been paid in cash for any political activity? You have sworn on the Bible.
