ex-Quebec lieutenant-governor, to be sentenced in fraud case

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Thibault is set to appear at the Quebec City courthouse this afternoon.

The 76-year-old pleaded guilty last year to submitting expenses for travel, gifts, meals and events for herself and her family during her 10-year appointment.

The Crown has argued she should go to prison for four years, for committing fraud while in a position of public trust and pay back $430,000.

For his part, Thibault's lawyer Marc Labelle has said his client has been "publicly crucified" and should serve a one-year sentence in the community.

Thibault recently told Radio-Canada she doesn't remember pleading guilty in 2014. She said she has been unfairly depicted in the media with "rumours and lies that help sell the news.

Lise Thibault, ex-Quebec lieutenant-governor, to be sentenced in fraud case - Montreal - CBC News
 
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Chretien's old lieutenant-governor jailed

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When she was Quebec’s lieutenant-governor, Lise Thibault expensed roof repairs, ski and golf outings, legal fees for her divorce lawyer, a specially adapted golf cart, and travel, dinner and birthdays with friends and family. She once filed expense claims for fishing rods and earthworms purchased from a hunting shop.

All in all, she claimed $700,000 in expenses unrelated to her vice-regal duties.

On Wednesday, the ailing 76-year-old was sentenced to 18 months in prison for breach of trust and fraud, and was led away in handcuffs.

Quebec court Judge Carol St-Cyr said Thibault had engaged in a “culture of deceit,” and also ordered Thibault to reimburse $300,000 to Ottawa and Quebec.


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Former Quebec lieutenant-governor led to jail in handcuffs on fraud conviction | National Post

 
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As much as I despise Chretien, what is the connection here with him?

They're both French?
 
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Ex-Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault gets 18-month jail term

Thibault’s lawyer, Marc Labelle, immediately signalled he would appeal the sentence and try to have her released from prison pending those proceedings.

Thibault was ordered to reimburse $200,000 to Ottawa and $100,000 to Quebec after pleading guilty to fraud and breach of trust charges.

She was charged in 2009 after a report two years earlier by the federal and provincial auditors general revealed she claimed more than $700,000 in improper expenses when she held the vice-regal post between 1997 and 2007.

Her trial heard the money was spent on gifts, trips, parties, meals, skiing and golf lessons.

“I never thought, for one second, I’d be standing before you,” an emotional Thibault told the judge

“Since my youth, I’ve always helped everyone . . . . I can’t imagine that my grandchildren will have a memory of their grandmother being treated like a thief.”

Ex-Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault gets 18-month jail term | Toronto Star
 
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