The Crown is seeking a prison sentence for former federal Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau.
A jury found the ex-Liberal party organizer guilty this month on three fraud-related charges connected to the sponsorship scandal.
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Crown prosecutor Jacques Dagenais said Corriveau should serve a sentence between 3 and 5 years in prison.
Dagenais told the court Monday that Corriveau’s age and alleged poor health shouldn’t prevent him from serving a significant sentence in prison.
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Corriveau, 83, was charged with fraud against the government, forgery and laundering the proceeds of crime between 1997 and 2003.
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The Crown alleges Corriveau pocketed over $6.5 million through fraudulent contracts awarded to raise the profile of Canada in Quebec after the 1995 referendum.
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