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Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is one of three members of the federal cabinet that Ken Rubin says aren't living up to their obligations to disclose information to the public, including information Mr. Bains' ministry has about expensive defence procurement projects overseen by Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough, left. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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