Charges – December 10, 2020

Charge no. 1

Mario Martel and André Côté, between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011, in Québec, in the district of Québec or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, did knowingly act in collusion with certain senior officials of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, and other persons for the purpose of circumventing or attempting to circumvent the prohibition set out in subsection 404(1) of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, as modified, by soliciting monetary political contributions from certain senior officers and other employees of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, as well as from other persons, on behalf of federal political entities, by offering them a reimbursement from Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, contrary to paragraph 405.2(1)(b), thereby committing an offence punishable by way of summary conviction contrary to paragraph 497(3)(f.14) and punishable by paragraph 500(5)(a) of the Act.

Charge no. 2

Mario Martel and André Côté, between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011, in Québec, in the district of Québec or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, did knowingly act in collusion with certain senior officials of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, and other persons for the purpose of concealing or attempting to conceal the source of certain contributions governed by the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, by soliciting monetary political contributions from certain senior officers and other employees of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, as well as from other persons, on behalf of federal political entities, by offering them a reimbursement from Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, contrary to paragraph 405.2(1)(b), thereby committing an offence punishable by way of summary conviction contrary to paragraph 497(3)(f.15) and punishable by paragraph 500(5)(a) of the Act.

Charge no. 3

Mario Martel and André Côté, between October 1, 2007 and October 31, 2007, in Québec, in the district of Québec or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, did knowingly conceal or attempt to conceal the source of a contribution governed by the Canada Elections Act, S.C, 2000, c. 9, by soliciting a monetary political contribution from Christian Bérubé, an employee of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, on behalf of a federal political entity, by offering him a reimbursement from Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, contrary to paragraph 405.2(2)(a), thereby committing an offence punishable by way of summary conviction contrary to paragraph 497(3)(f.15) and punishable by paragraph 500(5)(a) of the Act.

Charge no. 4

Mario Martel and André Côté, between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011, in Québec, in the district of Québec or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, did knowingly conceal or attempt to conceal the source of contributions governed by the Canada Elections Act, S.C, 2000, c. 9, by soliciting monetary political contributions from Sylvain Corneau, an employee of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, on behalf of federal political entities, by offering him a reimbursement from Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, contrary to paragraph 405.2(2)(a), thereby committing an offence punishable by way of summary conviction contrary to paragraph 497(3)(f.15) and punishable by paragraph 500(5)(a) of the Act.

Charge no. 5

André Côté, between April 1, 2011 and May 1, 2011, in Québec, in the district of Québec or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, did knowingly conceal or attempt to conceal the source of a contribution governed by the Canada Elections Act, S.C, 2000, c. 9, by soliciting a monetary political contribution from Sylvain de la Sablonnière, an employee of Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, on behalf of a federal political entity, by offering him a reimbursement from Roche Ltd, Consulting Group, contrary to paragraph 405.2(2)(a), thereby committing an offence punishable by way of summary conviction contrary to paragraph 497(3)(f.15) and punishable by paragraph 500(5)(a) of the Act.