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It's about time the story was published in Canada. The commoms "erupted" right away.

Brault claimed in his six days of testimony that he systematically kicked back huge amounts of taxpayer money to the federal Liberal party, a deception he claims involved senior Liberal organizers and people close to former prime minister Jean Chretien.

His testimony alleged secret meetings, phoney paper trails, unmarked envelopes stuffed with cash and bogus billings. Other details from his testimony:

• He said there were phoney employees on the payroll at the ad firm Groupaction.
• Brault said there was $1 million in kickbacks to the Liberal Party of Canada.
• His reward, he claims, was $172 million in government business for his firm.

It was always the same story, he told the commission: The Liberal Party needed money. If you wanted the business, you had to pay.