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An earlier tabling of non-affiliated Senator Marilou McPhedran’s Can’t Buy Silence Act received pushback from Treasury Board, access-to-information records show, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

March 2, 2026

OTTAWA—Access-to-information documents indicate that senior Treasury Board bureaucrats advised then-Treasury Board president Anita Anand in advance of her Feb. 26, 2024, meeting with Senator Marilou McPhedran to dissuade the Senator from proceeding with her bill ...

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