The farce goes back farther than that. Remember the Trudeau I Scientific Research Tax Credit boondoggle?

Frank Hertel tried to get UVic Dean of Engineering's support for his "Hertel Flip" scheme by inviting the Dean over to the house, owned solely by Hertel's wife, that was bought with the cash Hertel's IEC kept before fobbing part of the cash and all of the tax liability off onto the next lower rung in the pyramid.

Hertel opened a valise of cash and "accidentally" spilled it on the floor, suggesting that the Dean "help" him pick it up. The Dean said "no Frank, you better do that yourself".

Hertel fled Canada, leaving his wife with a highly upgraded mansion not seized to resolve the tax liability. Decades later Hertel was detained, briefly, in the UK, but was released and never sent back to face a Canadian court.

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/high-tech-dreams-end-in-life-on-the-run-1.9445

http://unknownvictoria.blogspot.ca/2009/05/king-of-boondoggles-part-ii.html