[GRADE A2 — DOJ-OGR-00032093 through DOJ-OGR-00032100 (membership roster found in Epstein's files)]
The April 2003 Trilateral Commission membership roster lists Jeffrey E. Epstein alongside five Montreal-based Canadian members:
| Member | Position | City |
|---|---|---|
| Andre Desmarais | President & Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada | Montreal |
| Jacques Bougie | President & CEO, Alcan Aluminium Limited | Montreal |
| L. Yves Fortier | Senior Partner, Ogilvy Renault; former Canadian Ambassador to UN | Montreal |
| Marie-Josee Kravis | Former Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada (wife of Henry Kravis, KKR) | Montreal |
| L.R. Wilson | Chairman/President/CEO, BCE Inc. | Montreal |
[GRADE A2 — DOJ-OGR-00032939 (email found in Epstein's files)] On September 30, 2005, Mike O'Neil of the Trilateral Commission emailed Epstein (via Cecilia Steen at ellmax.com): "I hope you have seen the program and other materials for the 2005 North American regional meeting coming up on November 4-6 in Montreal. We have not heard from you about attending."
V4.0 DEEP DIVE — FULL ROSTER EXTRACTED:
The 9-page membership roster (DOJ-OGR-00032093 through 00032101) lists ~350+ members. Epstein and Andre Desmarais appear on the SAME PAGE (DOJ-OGR-00032094), only 10 entries apart alphabetically. Additional Canadian members:
| Member | Title on Roster | Location | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Conrad M. Black | Chairman, Hollinger International | Toronto/London | 00032093 |
| Marshall A. Cohen | Counsel, Cassels Brock & Blackwell | Toronto | 00032094 |
| Peter C. Dobell | Founding Director, Parliamentary Centre | Ottawa | 00032094 |
| Allan E. Gotlieb | Consultant, Stikeman Elliott; former Ambassador to US | Toronto | 00032095 |
| William C. Graham | Chairman, House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs | Ottawa | 00032095 |
| E. Peter Lougheed | Former Premier of Alberta | Calgary | 00032097 |
| H. Harrison McCain | Chairman, McCain Foods Limited | Toronto | 00032097 |
| Jim Pattison | Chairman, Jim Pattison Group Inc. | Vancouver | 00032097 |
| Hartley Richardson | CEO, James Richardson & Sons, Ltd. | Winnipeg | 00032098 |
| Ronald D. Southern | Chairman, ATCO Ltd. | Calgary | 00032099 |
V5.1 — NOTABLE NON-CANADIAN MEMBERS ON THE SAME ROSTER:
The Trilateral Commission roster was not merely a Canadian networking opportunity. Epstein was a co-member with some of the most powerful figures in American government and finance:
| Member | Position on Roster | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Richard B. Cheney | — | Sitting Vice President of the United States |
| William Jefferson Clinton | — | Former President of the United States |
| John Deutch | — | Former Director of the CIA |
| Dianne Feinstein | — | U.S. Senator, California |
| Kurt Campbell | Senior VP, International Security Program, CSIS | Later Biden's Indo-Pacific Coordinator |
| Stanley Fischer | — | First Deputy Managing Director, IMF |
| Carla A. Hills | — | Former U.S. Trade Representative |
| Richard Holbrooke | — | Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse First Boston |
| Donna Shalala | — | Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| Strobe Talbott | — | Former Deputy Secretary of State |
| David Stockman | — | Managing Director, The Blackstone Group |
| Sir Martin Sorrell | — | CEO, WPP Group |
Epstein was thus a formal co-member with the sitting VP, a former President, the former CIA Director, and the former US Treasury Secretary (Larry Summers, also a member). The roster documents the institutional legitimacy Epstein held as of April 2003 — before his March 2005 Palm Beach investigation began.
The November 2005 Montreal meeting was sent just weeks after Epstein's Palm Beach investigation began (police started March 2005). Epstein was being invited to Quebec while under active criminal investigation in Florida.
V5.1 — THE DERSHOWITZ MONTREAL FLIGHT (November 17, 2005):
[GRADE A1 — doj-ogr-doj_ogr_00016033 (pilot logbook)] Eleven days after the Trilateral Commission Montreal meeting ended (Nov 4-6), Epstein's Gulfstream N909JC flew BED (Bedford/Hanscom, MA) → CYUL (Montreal) on November 17, 2005, flight #1841, with passenger ALAN DERSHOWITZ and pilot LV (Visoski). The same-day return flight #1842 (CYUL → BED) also carried ALAN DERSHOWITZ. The same logbook page records a November 21 flight from BED → TIST (US Virgin Islands) with passengers GM (Ghislaine Maxwell), LARRY + LISA SUMMERS. The proximity of these flights — Montreal with Dershowitz (Nov 17), Virgin Islands with Maxwell and the Summerses (Nov 21) — documents the operational tempo of Epstein's jet during the period when Canada's Trilateral Commission invitation was live and Palm Beach police were actively investigating. Whether the Nov 17 Dershowitz trip was related to the Trilateral meeting is unknown; the meeting had ended 11 days earlier. But the flight confirms Epstein had Montreal-specific travel during this period.
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: The flight log is Grade A1 — it is an FAA/pilot logbook entry documenting aircraft N909JC, route BED→CYUL→BED, and passenger Alan Dershowitz. It does NOT show the purpose of the trip, whether Dershowitz met anyone in Montreal, or whether the trip was connected to the Trilateral meeting. Dershowitz was Epstein's defense attorney. The Nov 17 date falls between the Trilateral meeting (Nov 4-6) and the Summers TIST flight (Nov 21). The timing is suggestive but the documents do not explain it.
Marie-Josee Kravis: The Strongest Quebec-Epstein Trilateral Link. She is the ONLY Canadian Trilateral member who co-appears with Epstein in the House Oversight collection — across 5 documents (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013484, 013486, 017574, 017581, 017585). Document 013484 is the only document in the entire graph where Jeffrey Epstein, Marie-Josee Kravis, Henry Kravis, AND the Trilateral Commission all co-appear. Her husband Henry Kravis appears in 9+ Epstein-shared documents. [GRADE A1 — graph (House Oversight)]
Desmarais Family Offshore Network (ICIJ): Andre Desmarais --> Canada Life Assurance Company. Paul Desmarais III --> Canada Life + London Life Insurance. Olivier Desmarais --> London Life + Canada Life. Multiple Desmarais family members flagged as SanctionedEntity (PEP status). The Desmarais empire controls Great-West Lifeco, IGM Financial, and dozens of subsidiaries. [GRADE B — ICIJ leaked database via graph]
V5.1 — COUQ FOUNDATION BANK STATEMENTS (Partially Resolves Q27/31):
[GRADE A1 — doc-dugganusa-efta01500788 through efta01500973 (JPMorgan Private Bank statements, grand jury production)]
V5.0 stated "COUQ Foundation: zero hits in 60,806 full-text files." V5.1 corrects this: COUQ Foundation bank statements EXIST in the dugganusa dataset (71,771 documents added in v5.1 expansion). They were not in the earlier full-text search corpus.
Account: Chase BusinessCustom Checking 000921501931565 — The COUQ Foundation Inc
| Date | Transaction | Amount | Source/Destination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2008 | Fed Wire IN | $100,000 | From "Epstein Interests" via Mellon Bank, New York NY 10022-6843 |
| Jul 24, 2008 | Book Transfer IN | $40,000 | From Bear Stearns Securities Corp, described as "Enhancededucation" |
| Jul 24, 2008 | Fed Wire OUT | $14,557.49 | To Phoenix Realty Home Inc via First Bank of Palm Beaches |
| Jul 24, 2008 | Fed Wire OUT | $5,548.65 | To One Clearlake Centre LLC — "The Florida Science Foundation July Rent" |
| Various 2007-08 | Checks #2423-2441 | $5K-$500K range | Multiple disbursements |
Money flow chain: Epstein Interests → Mellon Bank → COUQ Foundation; Enhanced Education → Bear Stearns → COUQ Foundation → Florida Science Foundation + Phoenix Realty. The COUQ Foundation was not merely an investment vehicle for the $30M Belzberg fund — it also served as a pass-through for Epstein's charitable/operational disbursements.
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: The bank statements are A1 evidence (JPMorgan production in grand jury proceedings). They document that Epstein's money flowed directly into the COUQ Foundation from two separate Epstein-controlled entities ("Epstein Interests" and "Enhanced Education"). They do NOT show where the $30M investment in Belzberg's Second City Capital originated — only that COUQ received Epstein money and disbursed to Florida entities. The Belzberg investment itself remains Grade B (secondary reporting).
V5.1 — ENHANCED EDUCATION STRUCTURE:
[GRADE A1 — doc-dugganusa-efta01298338 (board resolution)]
J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation, Inc. (a/k/a Enhanced Education) — board resolution dated September 13, 2013:
This structure gave Epstein unchecked control over Enhanced Education's Deutsche Bank accounts. Enhanced Education funded COUQ Foundation ($40K documented), Edge Foundation ($60K via two charity conduits — see LSJ-05), Ohio State (per Susan Harriman email, July 2019), and the Florida Science Foundation.
V5.1 — BROCKMAN/EDGE FOUNDATION $60K PAYMENT:
[GRADE A1 — doc-dugganusa-efta02256494 (Richard Kahn email, August 27, 2018)]
Epstein promised John Brockman (Edge Foundation) $60,000. First check: $25,000 from an unspecified entity. Brockman contacted Lesley Groff saying Epstein "had promised $60,000" and he would "hold on to the $25,000 and not deposit." Epstein (from jeevacation@gmail.com) instructed Groff: "Tell him two different charities." Richard Kahn (HBRK Associates, 575 Lexington Avenue) then instructed: "jee just instructed me to send brockman (edge foundation) 35,000 from Gratitude." The second $35,000 came from Gratitude (Gratitude America, an Epstein-controlled entity). This documents Epstein deliberately splitting a single payment across two charitable conduits to obscure the source.
V5.1 — CBP TECS CONFIRMATION (March 2014 Vancouver Entry):
[GRADE A1 — doj-ogr-doj_ogr_00028648 (TECS record, Treasury Enforcement Communications System)]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Entry Date | March 20, 2014 |
| Port/Site | 3001/A306 — SEATTLE, KING CO INT'L AIRPORT |
| Name | EPSTEIN, JEFFREY EDWARD |
| DOB | 01/20/1953 |
| Passport | #469911707, US |
| Carrier | *GA (General Aviation) |
| Flight/Vessel | 212JE |
| Depart/Embark | YVR (Vancouver) |
| Passengers on Declaration | 1 (solo) |
| Referral Time | 11:20 — Completion: 11:25 (5-minute secondary inspection) |
| Result | Negative (nothing found) |
This CONFIRMS that Epstein entered Canada via Vancouver and cleared US customs at Seattle on March 20, 2014 — the same trip documented in LSJ-06 (Four Seasons, Edge Billionaires' Dinner, "pretty girls" with Austin Hill). The TECS record is Grade A1: it is a US government inspection record, not a seized document.
Significance: This is the first documented formal organizational link between Epstein and Montreal's corporate establishment. Andre Desmarais (Power Corp) appeared on the same page as Epstein in the Trilateral roster and in the same House Oversight documents as Paul Desmarais Sr. Marie-Josee Kravis connects Epstein to KKR. The Trilateral Commission is among the most exclusive international policy organizations in the world.
Cross-reference note: This section appears in the Overview because the Trilateral Commission connects multiple storylines: the Stroll Dossier (LSJ-01), the Canadian Dynasties (LSJ-03), and the Academic Network (LSJ-05). See those documents for how the Trilateral membership intersects with individual investigative threads.