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Guilty Pleas

March 23, 2010

* Please note that the "banners" column does not make reference to oil companies, but rather to the posted banner by the gasoline stations.

While some of the accused operated under the name or "banner" of a major oil company, in these cases, the local operators of the gas stations were responsible for setting the final price at the pump.

Company Market(s) Banner* Fine
Les Pétroles Therrien Inc.
Distributions Pétrolières
Therrien Inc.
Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Sherbrooke
Pétro-T $179,000
Ultramar Ltd. Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Ultramar $1,850,000
Philippe Gosselin and
Associés Limitée
Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Shell $600,000
Les Pétroles Cadrin Inc. Victoriaville Sonerco $90,000


Individual Market Employer Fine Sentence
"*" Donation to a charitable organization.
Jacques Ouellet Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Ultramar Ltée $50,000  
Daniel Leblond Victoriaville Global Fuels Inc. $10,000  
Pierre Bourassa Magog
Sherbrooke
Global Fuels Inc.   12 months in jail,
to be served in the community

Christian Payette

Magog
Sherbrooke
Global Fuels Inc. $5,000 12 months in jail,
to be served in the community
Carol Lehoux Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Philippe Gosselin
and Associés
Limitée
  10 months in jail,
to be served in the community
André Bilodeau Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Philippe Gosselin
and Associés
Limitée
  10 months in jail,
to be served in the community
Jean-Yves Plourde Victoriaville Les Variétés
Jean-Yves
Plourde Inc.
$10,000 150 hours of community service
Daniel Drouin Victoriaville Les Pétroles Cadrin Inc. $10,000* Absolute discharge
Gisèle Durand Sherbrooke n/a $20,000* 4 months in jail, to be
served in the community
Michel Dubreuil Sherbrooke n/a $25,000* 6 months in jail, to be
served in the community

Prohibition Orders

Company Market Sentence Status
9045-0586 Québec Inc. Sherbrooke Prohibition Order Stay of proceedings

Stay of Proceedings

Parties Markets Employer Status
Les Variétés Jean-Yves
Plourde Inc.
Victoriaville   Stay of proceedings
Michel Lehoux Victoriaville
Thetford Mines
Philippe Gosselin
and Associés Limitée
Stay of proceedings