The mayor of Halifax and a Quebec closet preacher have been amongst people who affirmed Monday on the fraudulence check for earlier Calgary metropolis councillor Joe Magliocca.
Magliocca, 59, is billed with fraudulence and violation of rely upon by a public policeman coming from declared falsified price instances despatched to the City of Calgary in betweenOct 23, 2017 andDec 31, 2019.
During that point, Magliocca was a metropolis agent at Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conferences.
Monday famous the beginning of a ceremony of political leaders– present and former– which can be detailed on price instances as having truly been held by Magliocca all through his touring, a necessity for the earlier councillor to warrant asking for compensation from town.
The Crown witnesses, 27 in total, that both went to FCM conferences or Quebec’s Winter Carnival, are anticipated to affirm that they don’t acknowledge Joe Magliocca and weren’t held by him for dishes or drinks.
On Monday, Quebec Minister of Infrastructure Jonatan Julien was the preliminary political chief to affirm.
Mimosas and occasional
An bill provided by the Crown reveals that Magliocca declared to have truly held Julien at Pub L’Oncle Antoine in Quebec City onFeb 10, 2019.
Four mimosas and quite a few coffee-based drinks have been consisted of on the $60 prices.
But Julien knowledgeable the court docket he doesn’t acknowledge Magliocca and has truly by no means ever glad the earlier councillor.
On the day involved, Julien affirmed he remained in Sept- Îles on pastoral service.
When inquired in regards to the very first time Julien had truly found of Magliocca, the preacher described it was when he was examined by RCMP about the price case examination.
The 2018 FCM seminar was saved in Halifax and was “a big event for the city,” in line with Mayor Mike Savage, that moreover affirmed Monday.
The seminar completed Sunday June 3, 2018 with a gala supper.
Halifax mayor not at $214 supper
But an bill packages Magliocca declared a $214 chicken-and-rib supper at Baton Rouge on the Monday, and detailed Savage and an Ottawa councillor as his consuming buddies.
“Have you ever met Joe Magliocca?” requested Rankin.
Savage reacted: “Not to my knowledge.”
The mayor said he was “confused” after discovering he will surely been detailed as having had supper with Magliocca and examined his schedule to make sure.
Former Quebec City councillor Vincent Dufresne was detailed on a value case as having truly shared spiced rum drinks and stogies with Magliocca at Soci été Cigare on May 20, 2019.
‘ I really did not have any type of dish with him’
Dufresne affirmed he’s by no means ever gone to the stogie bar and said the one time he had truly ever earlier than glad Magliocca was 3 months beforehand at Carnaval de Qu ébec events that previous February.
Toronto City Coun Paul Ainsley moreover affirmed he was not current at a eating institution dish with Magliocca no matter being detailed on the earlier Calgary councillor’s price case.
Ainsley knowledgeable the court docket he’s glad Magliocca one-time at an FCM cash board convention in 2019.
Ainsley was detailed as having truly shared a $92 dish at Sapristi, a eating institution in Quebec City, on June 2, 2019.
“No, I didn’t have any meal with him,” Ainsley knowledgeable the court docket. “I didn’t have any interaction with him at all.”
