After conducting an internal investigation, the Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections informed Martin Francœur at the end of November that he would not be charged or sanctioned. The former Liberal candidate in Trois-Rivières in the 2021 federal election now claims to be moving on.
During the election campaign, Martin Francœur solicited political donations from colleagues in the news writer. The case raised questions because he is said to have suggested colleagues who were uncomfortable with their journalism job to donate on behalf of their spouses.
He says he is relieved by this result and reiterates that he learned from the episode.
” I have often repeated it: it was new to me, the political adventure. Maybe I didn’t have the necessary framework to conduct political fundraising according to the rules of the art. »
Martin Francœur, currently Desk Manager at the news writerShe hopes to find the writing. He wants to discuss this with his employer in the next few months.
It was Canada’s Conservative Party that lodged a complaint with Commissioner Yves Côté’s office during the August 2021 election campaign.
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