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Mayors choose pay their pocket:
Neo-Brunswick mayors choose to make donations in their personal name to the various. Consequently, political parties to advance the files of their municipalities. Nevertheless, They thus attend various political events to make networking and influencing ministers stationed, regardless of their political allegiance.
The mayor of Caraquet Bernard Thériault has a very liberal allegiance. Therefore, but he paid a total of $ 1,600 in his pocket to the Conservatives in 2022 and 2024. Furthermore,
Bernard Thériault is a red of heart. Meanwhile, but he manages him personally to give to the Blues. Similarly,
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A longtime friendship
With former Minister Réjean Savoie is one of the explanations. Moreover, The other reason: it is to participate in an evening with the members of the previous progressive-conservative government of. Moreover, Blaine Higgs. Consequently,
The interest if I spend 500 piastres to go to a supper of the Prime Minister is to have 25 ministers. Moreover, a Prime Minister sitting in the same room as me
says Bernard Thériault, who says who says he is responsible for establishing relationships.
I have no regrets because it is part of the current political. mayors choose pay their pocket Nevertheless, system.
Access to ministers has not been used to encourage it to participate in the event, but it brings an important nuance: it is not necessary to say it explicitly. Meanwhile,
I’m smart enough to understand that myself, they don’t need to tell me that.
Although Jean-Pierre Ouellet is mayors choose pay their pocket a blue, he sometimes gave the reds. Therefore,
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At the other end of the province. Furthermore, his colleague from Haut-Madawaska, Jean-Pierre Ouellet, is a longtime progressive-conservative and has personally gave $ 417 to the Liberal Party in 2017. Therefore,
He too wanted to participate in a funding supper and meet ministers.
If you had made a call to have an appointment. well your appointment could have been staggered over a longer period. It provides some access, but it is not a guarantee of success
explains Jean-Pierre Ouellet.
Does this method work to advance a file? The results are difficult to measure, explains the mayor of the northwest.
I had an attentive ear. but I cannot say mayors choose pay their pocket that the fact that I had contributed was associated.
There are networking evenings which are not organized by political parties. such as the annual discourse on the state of the province, a fairly run of political class.
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The two mayors add that the financial aspect. of their gift itself has no persuasion strength with a party. The influence comes rather from the mayors choose pay their pocket occasion of networking that comes with the contribution.
It’s investment
adds Bernard Thériault.
I never got out of these dosters with a check in the. pocket that exceeds the one I gave.
Questioned, NB elections replied that The expectations of a person who buys a ticket for supper-benefit are not discussed by the law on the financing of political activity
. The approach of elected officials and political parties is therefore not illegal since it is networking.
NB elections specifies that No one can request or accept money, services or goods in exchange for a contribution.
According to New Brunswick elections. no one can ask or accept money, services or goods in exchange for a contribution.
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The office of the New Brunswick Integrity Commissioner. referred the questions on the subject to NB elections since it is a question of financing political parties.
Jean-Pierre Ouellet points out that it does not matter the networking. the final political decision of a minister, it remains governed by different rules of ethics. There is transparency that mayors choose pay their pocket you must respect.
Mayors choose pay their pocket
A question of value
Two other mayors are from another school. assure that giving political parties give no advantage in the progress of the files.
The contributions are only to support a movement. according to Denis Landry des Hautes-Terres and Daniel Guitard de Belle-Baie, two veterans of provincial politics, who prefer to make donations only to the Liberal Party.
The mayor of the Municipality of Hautes-Terres, Denis Landry.
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I have never given money to the conservative party and I will never give it. And I will tell you what: I was still well served by these people
assure Denis Landry.
Maybe it was through the previous relations I had with them others
he wonders. I treated them well and it was the return of the pendulum.
Daniel Guitard was also a liberal deputy.
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The two elected officials judge that their gifts give them no advantage now that the liberals are in power.
If I know most of the ministers today, it is because I was part of this family
says Daniel Guitard. It is not linked to political contributions.
It is a myth to believe that a person who contributes to. better access to the government.
Jean-Pierre Ouellet and Bernard Thériault also made donations to their own political family because they support their values.
Donations widespread among municipal elected officials
Radio-Canada was able to confirm that eight mayors of New. Brunswick paid donations to political parties in 2024. However, this figure is certainly higher. mayors choose pay their pocket
The first name. name and municipality of each donor of more than $ 100 are disclosed in the financial reports of political parties.
Several corresponds to other municipal elected officials. but they have not confirmed that it is indeed them or another individual of the same name and the same municipality.
This is the case of Kassim Doumbia of Shippagan. Roger Caissie de Shediac, Normand Pelletier de Baie-des-Hérons (conservative candidate in 2024) as well as Serge Leger de Cap-Acadie, to name only those on the French-speaking side.
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