Editing Groupaction

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'''Groupaction Inc.''' is a Canadian [[advertising agency]] at the centre of the [[2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal]]. It was incorporated in 1983 as Groupaction Marketing Inc. and received its first federal advertising contract in 1994 with the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC). <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sponsorship Scandal (Adscam) |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sponsorship-scandal-adscam |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en}}</ref>

According to a 2006 news report by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, following the [[1995 Quebec referendum|1995 referendum on Quebec sovereignty]], rumours were heard about a fund being set up by the Canadian Government to support federalism.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/] Canadian Sponsorship scandal CBC October 26, 2006 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180113/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/|date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>

By September 2004, John Gomery was heading an [[Gomery Commission|inquiry into the Canadian Federal Sponsorship Program]].

==See also==

* [[Sponsorship scandal]]
* [[Gomery Commission]]
* [[Alfonso Gagliano]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180113/http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groupaction/ Jean Brault head of Groupaction Marketing Inc. Retrieved October 7, 2012]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121004214508/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/commission-of-inquiry-into-the-sponsorship-program-and-advertising-activities The Sponsorship Program and the Gomery Inquiry The Canadian Encyclopedia. retrieved October 7, 2012]

[[Category:Advertising agencies of Canada]]
[[Category:Marketing companies established in 1983]]
[[Category:Political scandals in Canada]]
[[Category:Companies based in Montreal]]


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