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Inc. and a law firm called Gahir & Associates during his time in the House. Parliamentary rules do not require members of
Parliament (MPs) to reveal the amounts they were paid, and there is no threshold for disclosure. Backbenchers are subject to fewer rules than ministers in terms of disclosure.
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Commissioner, Grewal had lines of credit with Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia, as well as the joint mortgage with HSBC Canada. In addition, Mr. Grewal disclosed that he had received employment income from Zgemi
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became a high-stakes gambling problem, which led him to incur high levels of debt that he kept hidden from his family. Grewal claimed that he only borrowed money from loved ones in a legal manner. On
January 25, 2019, he announced that he would keep his seat in parliament as an Independent MP until
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November 30, 2018, Grewal announced that he was quitting the Liberal caucus but would keep his seat in the House of Commons "for the time being." In a December 2018 Facebook video, Grewal said that in a three-year period at Lac-Leamy, playing recreational
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