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Despite repeated requests from governments not to travel during the pandemic, Liberal MNA Pierre Arcand is currently in the West Indies with his wife.
In a statement obtained by Presse Canadienne, Arcand confirmed he was in Barbados, “one of the safest places in the world right now.”
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The former interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party admitted he “regretted the decision given the current situation in Quebec and the respect we owe to health workers.”
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