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The Parti Québécois (PQ) expelled a member of its political commission on Friday.

The PQ accused Vincent Boulay of breaching his duties of loyalty, solidarity, and confidentiality under the party’s internal policies and code of ethics.

An ad hoc evaluation committee examined this conflict, and it was the National Executive Council that issued the sanction, which was made public on Friday, citing “multiple violations.”

Internal sources suggest there had been tensions for some time.

Boulay remains a PQ member but will be barred from holding any elected position within the party for the next two years.

In an interview with The Canadian Press on Friday, Boulay denied violating the code of ethics.

“I see this as a direct attack on the right to dissent,” he said, interpreting it as a sign of authoritarianism from PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon.

The conflict allegedly stemmed from an open letter Boulay published on …

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