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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T19:56:03.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nFinance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will appear before the House ethics committee to answer questions about his connection to the Alto high-speed rail project.\n\nThe Liberal members of the committee dragged out debate for hours over whether Champagne and the ethics commissioner would be called in for questioning.\n\nThe minister recused himself from decisions about the high-speed rail project last September, a month after his partner became a vice-president at Alto.\n\nThe Crown corporation is responsible for the proposed $90 billion high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City.\n\nThe ethics commissioner has written to Champagne to say that he is not in a conflict of interest.\n\nConservative ethics critic Michael Barrett says that shows the country's conflict of interest rules are not robust enough.\n\nThis report by The Canadian Press was first published April 21, 2026.\n\n_By Sarah Ritchie | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved._",
  "title": "Committee votes to question minister on Alto"
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