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REGULATED FUNDRAISING EVENT REPORT Section A – Party information Party's full name Liberal Party of Canada Chief agent's full name The Federal Liberal Agency of Canada Section B – Event information Event held during a general election period Yes No Event date yyyy/mm/dd 2019/09/17 Event start time 6:00 PM Event name An Evening with the Hon. David Lametti and Marc Miller Venue name Buffet Roma City Saint-Léonard Prov./Terr. QC Postal code H1R 2S4 Section C – Contribution or payment amount Amount of contributions required to have been made to attend the event $ 0-500 Amount required to have been paid to attend the event, part of which was a contribution $ 500 Section D – Beneficiaries Entity A – Registered party B – Registered association C – Nomination contestant D – Candidate E – Leadership contestant Full name Ville-Marie -- Le Sud-Ouest -- Ile-des-Soeurs Federal Liberal Association Entity Full name Entity Full name Entity Full name Entity Section E – Prominent attendees Position: A – Party leader B – Party interim leader C – Leadership contestant D – Cabinet minister Full name David Lametti Position Full name Position Full name Position Full name Position Full name Position Section F – Organizers Full name Ville-Marie -- Le Sud-Ouest -- Ile-des-Soeurs Federal Liberal Association Full name Full name Full name Full name Section G – Privacy notice Personal information in this Regulated Fundraising Event Report (Report) is collected for the administration of the political financing requirements as set out in the Canada Elections Act (Act). This information may be shared with the Commissioner of Canada Elections to ensure that the Act is complied with and enforced. Failure to provide the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) with the Report is considered to be an offence under the Act. The Act requires the CEO to publish the Report in the manner that he or she considers appropriate. Upon request by any person, the CEO is required under the Act to make the Report available for inspection by such person. You have the following rights with respect to your personal information under the Privacy Act: a) to access the information; b) to correct it, if necessary; and c) to have it protected. You have the right to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the handling of your personal information. Your personal information is retained under the personal information bank (PIB) Political Financing Elections PPU 010. A description of the PIB can be found at elections.ca. EC 20093 (2018/07) Page 1 of 3 Ce formulaire est disponible en français REGULATED FUNDRAISING EVENT REPORT Section H – List of attendees No. Surname Given name Middle initial City Prov. / Terr. Postal code 1 Beauregard Valerie Montreal H4R 3G3 2 Calheiros Fernando Montreal H4K 1Z9 3 Damen Mohamad Montreal H1R 3Y9 4 Dwivedi Shivendra Brossard J4X 2C5 5 Felice Patrick Montreal H4R 3G3 6 Gangemi Giuseppe Montreal H1( 3P1 7 Gangemi Massimo Montreal H1( 3P1 8 Grassi Sabino Montreal H2V 2M1 9 Guerrera Salvatore Rosemere J7A 4L9 10 Hofley Zach Montreal H2W 1X6 11 Iskandar Sami Montreal H4T 1A1 12 Jimenez Chirinos Carmen Saint-Lambert J4R 2A2 13 Kalimuthu Sudhakar Laval H7R 0B3 14 Kapoor Rajesh Kannan Roxboro H8Y 1S2 15 Karavanos Penelope Saint-Lazare J7T 3G6 16 Kastrantis Costas Montreal H1S 2A4 17 Khanna Subash Montreal H9E 1K2 18 Khurana Darshan Cote Saint-Luc H3X 4A5 19 Khurana Kul B Kirkland H9H 5A9 20 Korzekwa John Montreal H4V 1Z4 21 Krishnamoorthy Rajesh Kannan Montreal H4R 1P4 22 Lattanzio Patricia Montreal H1P 1R1 23 Lofredda Karina Montreal H7E 5M4 24 Lofredda Nick Montreal H7E 5M4 25 Lofredda Bianca Montreal H7E 5M4 26 Magliocco Franca Montreal H7E 5M3 27 Mc Sween Liz Verdun H23E 1V1 28 Molinaro Giuseppe Montreal H1S 3B1 29 Molinaro Cathy Montreal H1S 3B1 30 Montgomery Lisa Montreal H4V 1Y5 31 Muthukrisnan Kumaresan Dollard-des-Ormeaux H9B 3G5 Party's full name Venue name Event date Liberal Party of Canada Buffet Roma yyyy/mm/dd 2019/09/17 EC 20093 (2018/07) Page 2 of 3 No. Surname Given name Middle initial City Prov. / Terr. Postal code 32 Ortona Giuseppe Montreal H1P 1V9 33 Pahwa Rajeev Pierrefonds H8Z 1K7 34 Panetta Emilio Montreal H1R 1N4 35 Paquette Gabriel Montreal H1S 1K3 36 Santoro Lucie Montreal H8R 2J9 37 Selvarajah Neveatha Pointe Claire H9R 4Y3 38 Shah Dalip Dollard-des-Ormeaux H9B 2G3 39 Singh Awaninder Pierrefonds H8Z 3L4 40 Singh Harjeet Montreal H9C 6A1 41 Talarico Dominic Montreal H1R 3Z1 42 Talarico Stephanie Montreal H1R 3Z1 43 Todaro Angela Montreal H1R 3Z1 44 Todaro Catherine Montreal H1R 3Z1 45 Todd Daniel La Prairie J5R 6T7 46 Turcotte Francine Montreal H1E 5N2 47 Verma Vinod Dollard-des-Ormeaux H9G 3B2 48 Yaredl Hani Montreal H9C 2N4 Party's full name Venue name Event date Liberal Party of Canada Buffet Roma yyyy/mm/dd 2019/09/17 EC 20093 (2018/07) Page 3 of 3 REGULATED FUNDRAISING EVENT REPORT Section A – Party information Party's full name Liberal Party of Canada Chief agent's full name The Federal Liberal Agency of Canada Section B – Event information Event held during a general election period Yes No Event date yyyy/mm/dd 2019/09/18 Event start time 5:30 pm Event name On the Road to Victory With Jean-Yves Duclos Venue name Hôtel Le Germain Quebec City Quebec Prov./Terr. QC Postal code G1K 4A8 Section C – Contribution or payment amount Amount of contributions required to have been made to attend the event $ 0-250 Amount required to have been paid to attend the event, part of which was a contribution $ 100-250 Section D – Beneficiaries Entity A – Registered party B – Registered association C – Nomination contestant D – Candidate E – Leadership contestant Full name Quebec Federal Liberal Association Entity Full name Entity Full name Entity Full name Entity Section E – Prominent attendees Position: A – Party leader B – Party interim leader C – Leadership contestant D – Cabinet minister Full name Jean-Yves Duclos Position Full name Position Full name Position Full name Position Full name Position Section F – Organizers Full name Quebec Federal Liberal Association Full name Full name Full name Full name Section G – Privacy notice Personal information in this Regulated Fundraising Event Report (Report) is collected for the administration of the political financing requirements as set out in the Canada Elections Act (Act). This information may be shared with the Commissioner of Canada Elections to ensure that the Act is complied with and enforced. Failure to provide the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) with the Report is considered to be an offence under the Act. The Act requires the CEO to publish the Report in the manner that he or she considers appropriate. Upon request by any person, the CEO is required under the Act to make the Report available for inspection by such person. You have the following rights with respect to your personal information under the Privacy Act: a) to access the information; b) to correct it, if necessary; and c) to have it protected. You have the right to file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the handling of your personal information. Your personal information is retained under the personal information bank (PIB) Political Financing Elections PPU 010. A description of the PIB can be found at elections.ca. EC 20093 (2018/07) Page 1 of 2 Ce formulaire est disponible en français REGULATED FUNDRAISING EVENT REPORT Section H – List of attendees No. Surname Given name Middle initial City Prov. / Terr. Postal code 1 Bartlett Elise Quebec G1S 4V5 2 Boucher Jean Quebec G1R 3J8 3 Bouillon Pierre Quebec G2K 1Z5 4 Briand-Carle Veronique Quebec G1Y 3A6 5 Campeau Stéphane Quebec G1K 9G5 6 Darveau Louise Quebec G1R 3J8 7 De Blois Paule Quebec G1T 1E4 8 Decaluwe Bernard Lac Delage G3C 5E8 9 Dery Gaston Quebec G1T 2M5 10 Difli Remy Quebec G1R 2R9 11 Dionne Guy Quebec G1K 9G5 12 Duchesneau Alain Levis G6V 5A4 13 Germain Jean-Yves Quebec G1S 3C6 14 Gervais Michel Lac-Beauport G3B 1S5 15 Glazer Valerie Gatineau J8R 3S3 16 Gordon Stephen L'Ancienne-Lorette G2E 2W2 17 Khuon Sayana Quebec G1K 3E5 18 Lafleur Marie-Julie Quebec G1W 2B7 19 Laliberte Louis Quebec G1T 2H4 20 Lavoie Jean-Luc Quebec G1X 0B9 21 Marando Dylan Ottawa K1N 0C3 22 McConnell Grant Quebec G1S 2C4 23 Michel Marjorie Saint-Laurent H4N 0A6 24 Noel Eric Quebec G1R 2J1 25 Patterson Alex Quebec G1S 4Z8 26 Picard François-Olivier Quebec G1R 2L7 27 Martel Roy Maxime Quebec G1S 3B1 28 Skinner Thom Fossambault-sur-le-Lac G3N 0K3 29 Turgeon Alexandre Quebec G1R 2C9 30 Vien Marc-Etienne Quebec G1Y 3A6 Party's full name Venue name Event date Liberal Party of Canada Hôtel Le Germain Quebec yyyy/mm/dd 2019/09/18 EC 20093 (2018/07) Page 2 of 2 RAPPORT SUR UNE ACTIVITÉ DE FINANCEMENT RÉGLEMENTÉE Section A – Renseignements sur le parti Nom complet du parti Parti libéral du Canada Nom complet de l'agent principal l’Agence libérale fédérale du Canada Section B – Renseignements sur l'activité Activité tenue pendant la période d'une élection générale Oui Non Date de l'activité aaaa/mm/jj 2019/09/18 Heure de l'activité 17 H 30 Nom de l'activité En route vers la victoire avec Jean-Yves Duclos Lieu de l'activité Hôtel Le Germain Quebec Ville Quebec Prov./Terr. Code postal G1K 4A8 Section C – Montant de la contribution ou du paiement Montant de la contribution qu'une personne devait verser pour assister à l'activité 0 $ Montant qu'une personne devait payer pour assister à l'activité, lequel inclut une contribution 0 $ Section D – Bénéficiaires Entité : A – Parti enregistré B – Association enregistrée C – Candidat à l'investiture D – Candidat E – Candidat
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