Husband of Liberal MP Must Repay Improperly Claimed Pandemic Relief Cheques

Husband of Liberal MP Must Repay Improperly Claimed Pandemic Relief Cheques
A House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics meeting in a file photo. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
William Crooks
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The husband of Liberal MP Lisa Hepfner must return payments received from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, records show.

In a filing with the Ethics Commissioner, Ms. Hepfner, the MP for Hamilton Mountain, Ont., disclosed her husband Michael Aitkens, a local CBC cameraman, has been asked to repay benefits, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. The amount he must repay has not been released.

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