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LIFESITE, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For many years, astute political observers have noted what appears to be an unusually powerful web of influence over Canadian federal politics by wealthy Canadian businessman and Power Corporation founder, Paul Desmarais senior. The number of Prime Ministers and other elected and influential Canadians financially beholden to the Quebec based Canadian federalist is astonishing.  In an Ottawa Citizen article of May 2, 1995 columnist Paul Gessell asked “Why does Desmarais have a direct pipeline into every Prime Minister’s office, regardless of who occupies that post or what party is in power?”

LifeSite lists the most significant publicly known details of the Desmarais web of influence in today’s special report at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/may/030502a.html