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    The QP clip: Rae blasts Penashue’s re-election bid

    The exchange you can’t miss from this afternoon’s Question Period

    Nick Taylor-Vaisey
    <p>Liberal leader Bob Rae rises during question period in the House of Commons Tuesday February 26, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</p>

    Liberal leader Bob Rae rises during question period in the House of Commons Tuesday February 26, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Bob Rae, the Liberal’s interim leader, wonders why Prime Minister Stephen Harper would allow former intergovernmental affairs minister Peter Penashue, who resigned after he admitted his campaign accepted donations improperly, to run in an upcoming by-election. Harper’s response was simplt: Penashue was the best MP that Labrador ever had.

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