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The average housing expenses claimed by Liberal cabinet ministers won't get them anything fancy in Ottawa's downtown. Maryam Monsef and Harjit Sajjan topped the list of spenders between last year's election and the beginning of October, while Chrystia Freeland spent the least of those outside of Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
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