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TS: Rahim Jaffer Sought Federal 'Green' Cash

Ex-MP Rahim Jaffer and his business partner met the Conservative parliamentary secretary in charge of a billion-dollar green infrastructure fund and submitted three projects for federal money without registering as lobbyists.

Brian Jean, parliamentary secretary to Transport Minister John Baird, said Jaffer and his business partner Patrick Glémaud--a Conservative candidate for Ottawa-Vanier in the 2008 federal election--came to his Ottawa office in June 2009 for an "information-gathering" session about the $1 billion Green Infrastructure Fund.

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