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Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy speaker Alexandra Mendès tables two reports on the work of Canada’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

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