Bumping for future reference.
This Desmarais/Power Corp/political elites morass goes for deeper than I had thought, no thanks to the various Canadian media's failure to report on or investigate it in any significant way. I'll be spreading the word in my own little way, since it looks like word of mouth is the only trustworthy method of spreading some stories in this country any more.
Thanks, and good luck- that's got to help.