VANCOUVER – New documents show that the Liberal government misled the public by claiming the RCMP was investigating wrongfully fired health researchers. “On Sept. 6, 2012, the Liberals announced there was an RCMP investigation implicating researchers they had just fired …
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New Democrats call for full release of report into health researcher firings
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