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NDP Leader, Thomas Mulcair, has affirmed that he did not have any reason to inform the police after the ex-mayor of Laval allegedly offered him an envelope in the backroom and voiced his wish “to help” his campaign for a seat in the National Assembly in 1994. Mr. Mulcair admitted in a police statement recorded almost 17 years after the incident in 2011, asserting that he assumed that the envelope might have contained money; however he did not have ample evidence to bring the incident to the attention of authorities and aid in launching a criminal probe.
It has been already testified by two former provincial politicians from Laval that Gilles Vaillancourt offered them money to help in their campaigns at the time he was mayor, though Mr. Mulcair claims that he never saw the contents of the envelope. Making his first public comments on the incident, Mr. Mulcair stated that “I never saw any cash and I couldn’t testify or make an accusation based on something that I hadn’t seen.” He further added confidently, that I will never advise my caucus members to contact authorities in case they lack evidence of a clear bribery attempt either.
Mr. Mulcair alleged that “on our side of the House, we won’t touch the envelope. On the Conservative side, they hand them out.” Mr. Mulcair was accused by both the Conservatives and the Liberals for lack of action in 1994, as Mr. Mulcair remained a long-time Liberal MNA in Quebec City before becoming a New Democrat MP in 2007.
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