Ex-Adviser With the Coalition Avenir Québec Pleads Not Guilty to Electoral Fraud

A former Coalition Avenir Québec political adviser has been charged with electoral fraud by the province’s elections authority. Élections Québec says Étienne Boulrice helped or incited someone to take $100 that didn’t belong to them and donate it to the ruling party. In Quebec all political contributions must come from a contributor’s own funds. Boulerice was a political adviser to CAQ member Suzanne Tremblay, who represents the Western Quebec riding of Hull. A spokesman for the chief government whip says integrity is a fundamental value for the party and that the CAQ can’t employ someone who is facing that kind of accusation....