Controversy
Rapaille was hired in February 2010, at the approximate cost of $300,000, by Quebec City's mayor Régis Labeaume to analyze the city's image on an international level. But an article published by Pierre-André Normandin in Le Soleil de Québec revealed that Rapaille's client list and CV contained several falsehoods and exaggerations. Following those revelations his contract with Quebec City was terminated. The mayor terminated his contract early on March 29, 2010. Although he did not deliver, he negotiated with the city and got paid almost the entire sum.
Rapaille also caused controversy when during his investigation he said that the city of Quebec has a masochistic side to it. He also claimed his mother listened to Félix Leclerc during the WW2, before Felix Leclerc (a French-Canadian singer-songwriter and political activist) recorded his first album in 1951.
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