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Appendix F
NATURE OF SPONSORSHIP
EVENTS
A detailed listing of the events in each category is attached as Schedule 4.
1.0
GROUPE POLYGONE AND EXPOUR - $ 44.8 MILLION
Le Groupe Polygone - Éditeurs Inc. ("Groupe Polygone") is a company operating
in the fields of editing and publishing of magazines and other periodicals.
Expour Inc. and Expour 2000 Inc. (jointly named "Expour") are two
companies operating in the organization of expositions. These companies
are owned by Mr. Luc Lemay and received SPS funds, primarily managed by
Groupaction.
With contracts valued at $44.87 million, Mr. L. Lemay, through Groupe
Polygone and Expour, is the largest single recipient of SPS contracts.
A summary of contracted amounts sorted by type of event for which Expour
was the sponsoree is disclosed in the following Table:
Table 1: Contracted Amounts by Event for Which Expour was the Sponsoree
($ millions)
Table 1a: Contracted Amounts by Event for Which Expour was the Sponsoree
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Event
Sponsorship
Agency
Commission
Production
Total
Radio Capsules
13.31
1.97
0.66
15.94
Salons
11.09
1.61
0.71
13.41
Magazines
3.91
0.56
0.97
5.44
Almanach du Peuple
1.97
0.28
0.65
2.90
Journal de Montréal et
Journal de Québec
1.65
0.25
0.99
2.89
Soirées de films de pêches
1.75
0.24
-
1.99
Production and Planning
-
-
1.75
1.75
Télévision Communautaire
0.48
0.07
. -0
0.55
Total
$34.16
$4.98
$5.73
$44.87
$0
$5
$10
$15
$20
Radio
Capsules
Magazines
Almanach
du Peuple
Journal de
Montréal /
de Québec
Soirées de
films de
pêches
Production
and Planning
Salons
Télévision
Communau-
taire
Millions of Dollars
1.99
13.41
15.94
2.90
2.89
5.44
1.75
0.55
Table 1b: Contracted Amounts by Event for Which Expour was the Sponsoree
From the contracts related to the above-noted events, an amount of $2.86
million has not been paid, to this day, by PWGSC.
1.1 Radio Capsules - $15.94 million
This amount includes 17 events spanning the