Despite a political career spanning more than a decade, former transport minister Julie Boulet denied ever having any personal involvement in raising money for the Liberal Party.

Boulet is the first sitting MNA to testify at the Charbonneau Commission. The focus of her testimony is her time spent as transportation minister, from 2007 until 2010, under the Charest government.

Her name has come up several times as previous witnesses have fingered her for some dubious practices.

Crown prosecutor Sonia Lebel wasted no time, grilling Boulet about political party financing right off the bat.

Boulet told the commission she never sold a single ticket to a fundraiser and never contacted any companies for donations, saying she left fundraising efforts for her riding up to her political attaché.

She also claimed she didn't know there was a $100,000 annual fundraising objective for cabinet ministers.

And when asked whether she ever accepted gifts of hockey tickets or a spot in a businessman’s loge, she answered no again.

That’s when the Commission played a wiretapped conversation between construction entrepreneur Joe Borsellino and former QFL union boss Jocelyn Dupuis that took place in April 2008.

In the audio, Borsellino is heard telling Dupuis that he gave the transport minister four tickets to a Habs game.

Boulet said the tickets came from former Liberal MNA Tony Tomassi, that she didn’t know where he got the tickets from, and that it was her son and husband who went to the game.

Earlier this week Louis Marchand of Maskimo Construction said his company was solicited by every major party for donations and was even pressured directly by Boulet.

He said called him after he had already turned down a request from her political attaché earlier that day.

Boulet was also questioned about whether she pressured Marchand to attend that fundraiser.

She admitted she called him, but denied pressuring him to attend.

Throughout her testimony, Boulet insisted the transport ministry treated all companies and entrepreneurs equally -- and no one was favoured based on political donations.

But Marchand claims government contracts dried up after he stopped financing the party.

“I never, never, never asked anyone to not give Maskimo contracts,” Boulet said.

She was re-elected for a sixth time in last month's election, but wasn’t chosen for a spot in the cabinet.