NGOs nominating winners of Queen’s Jubilee medal favourable to Conservative government, say opposition MPs

'They are picking and choosing their buddies, or their cheerleaders,' says Liberal MP Mark Eyking.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Opposition MPs say the list of 76 private-sector volunteer and professional groups approved to nominate candidates for the Queen’s Diamond Anniversary medals this year has Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “fingerprints on everything.”

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