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.
9:50 a.m.
Gilles Prud'homme
No.
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
Mr. Prud'Homme, you said that you asked Sauvé to make some calls in relation to the cocktail, the fundraiser.
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As an Individual
Mr. Sauvé offered to help us and he volunteered to make calls.
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
To make calls.... He of course told us that you said to him that since he had the contract, it would be the thing to do for him to organize the cocktail party. You're saying that he didn't organize it, that he just made a few calls.
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As an Individual
I didn't know he was involved here in the contracts until late in December.
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
Did Sauvé make only a few calls? What do you know about that? Did he sell most of the tickets for the event or just a few?
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As an Individual
For myself, I was pleased we had people at the cocktail, that's it.
December 7th, 2010 / 9:50 a.m.
Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
Okay. Let me go back to my question. You were there. You know how many people were there. You were overseeing the organization as the president of the riding association. Surely you have some idea who sold most of the tickets for that event, whether it was Mr. Sauvé or a combination of people or you yourself?
9:50 a.m.
As an Individual
Yes, it's Mr. Sauvé. We never....
We never concealed that.
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Liberal
9:50 a.m.
Gilles Prud'homme
He made most of the calls, that's right, yes.
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As an Individual
I don't know. Since I only knew one person there, Roger Plamondon, who is more a Liberal than a Conservative, and Mr. Varin, who I didn't know very well, but I knew who he was, and Mr. Sauvé.... Besides those three names, the first time I met all the other people was at the cocktail party. So I cannot say who was a guest of Mr. Sauvé or Mr. Padulo, or if he came otherwise.
9:50 a.m.
Liberal
9:50 a.m.
Gilles Prud'homme
As I told you, the only three people I know were Mr. Sauvé, whom I had met for the first time on November 15, 2008; Mr. Varin, with whom I had no business, friendship or any other kind of relationship, although I know who he is; and Roger Plamondon, who was with Joseph Broccoliini and whom I know because he is involved in various issues in Montreal, including the BIXI project.
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
But basically you're telling us that there were very few people there who you knew?
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
Did you make some of the calls yourself? Mr. Sauvé said you had contacts yourself, a very small--
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As an Individual
The people I called
didn't come. So there was nobody I had invited personally.
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Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
Okay.
So when Mr. Sauvé says the room was full of people from the construction industry, that's accurate, as far as you know?