The federal firearms office said yesterday it had "no knowledge and no records" of a mystery $150,000 "firearms" communications contract that is the subject of fraud charges against sponsorship program head Chuck Guité and Montreal ad executive Jean Brault.
It is the second suspicious sponsorship contract to be tied to the controversial gun control program. Another $330,000 advertising contract ? previously criticized by the federal auditor-general ? is also the subject of fraud charges laid yesterday.
The RCMP, in announcing six counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud against Guité and Brault, allege the two men "defrauded the federal government for $150,000 within the ambit of a contract with respect to the surveillance of interest groups and with respect to the registration of firearms."
Gee, Canada's firearm registration program is broken. No surprise there. But what's this about surveillance of interest groups?!
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