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Liberal MPs pushed back against the review in an emergency meeting of the House of Commons ethics committee, accusing the opposition of engineering a “fake scandal” while failing to address similar spending practices by other major political parties. Following hours of debate, the Liberals with the help of the Bloc effectively voted down a motion by Conservative MP Michael Barrett that would have kicked off two committee hearings to investigate payments made by the Liberal Party to a Liberal-friendly Montreal-based firm.
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