A Montreal influencer, who claims to have built a fortune by selling heat pumps door-to-door in Quebec and Florida, will see his construction license suspended for nearly a month.
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“Julien Bournival-Vaugeois falsely declared facts or distorted them,” we can read in a decision recently rendered to the Régie du logement du Québec (RBQ).
The contractor (left) also allegedly lied to an investigator from the Régie du logement du Québec for this matter.
Photo taken from the Instagram account of julien_bournival
Mr. Bournival-Vaugeois, 35, is the head of Global Services Résidentiels inc. His company trains peddlers selling heat pumps and heating systems. The entrepreneur claims, among other things, to be able to improve the energy efficiency of residences with its products.
The influencer, who boosts his popularity by exposing his luxurious cars and his life in Florida on social networks, was however called to order by the RBQ.
Mr. Bournival-Vaugeois here wears a sweater bearing the name of his company and holds a powerful weapon in his hands.
Photo taken from the Instagram account of julien_bournival
“The Régie criticizes Global that following the cancellation of its license [le 18 décembre 2023]she continued to suggest on the Internet and in social media that she holds a construction contractor’s license,” the document reveals.
In the video below, the Quebecer explains to his subscribers on Instagram “why people don’t like […] not those who make money”:
Is he lying to the investigator?
The Régie du logement du Québec finally decided to punish Global Services Résidentiels inc. for three weeks. after the company renewed its construction license. The latter will be suspended from April 1 to 21, 2024.
Facebook page of the entrepreneur where he broadcasts Global’s services.
Screenshot of the Global Facebook page – Residential Services
The authorities also blamed the thirty-year-old for having acted as a nominee within his company, whose head office is in Quebec. However, “he does not participate actively and continuously since he resides full-time in Florida”.
Portraits of the other directors of Global Services Résidentiels inc.: Olivier Robert-Fréchette (left) and Louis-Junior Rivest.
Photo taken from the Global Facebook page – Residential Services
Finally, Julien Bournival-Vaugeois allegedly falsely declared facts to the investigator in this case. The Quebecer certified that he was only at the head of the companies Global Services Résidentiels inc. and Global HS Holding, “while he was also director of the company Groupe Néo Habitation inc.”
Jet, luxury and weapons
Julien Bournival-Vaugeois is not at his first escapades. In 2018, the Court of Quebec forced, among other things, the entrepreneur to cancel a $12,000 contract with a Quebec woman from Trois-Rivières.
The latter had bought him a “wall-mounted aerothermal recuperator”, similar to a heat pump. She had to go before a judge to cancel the said contract with the traveling salesman.
Portrait of Julien Bournival-Vaugeois, originally from the Montreal region.
Photo taken from the Instagram account of julien_bournival
The influencer now has several peddlers working for him. The recruitment of his sellers is mainly done through social networks, where he appears seated on the steps of a private jet, cigar on his lips or even with powerful weapons in his hands.
A customer who has just concluded a deal with a Global Services Résidentiels inc. seller.
Photo taken from the Global Facebook account – Residential Services
“The good news is you can be stupid, just like me, go to eight different high schools, and you can build a successful company,” he says in one of his many videos promoting his services on Instagram.