The Quebec Liberal Party is again on the backfoot.

The embattled party is clarifying that bank transfers of exactly $1,000 each were sent to certain party employees who had contributed the most volunteer hours to Pablo Rodriguez’s leadership campaign.

This explanation follows the latest revelation by the Journal de Montréal that Élections Québec is looking into transfers of $1,000 to 14 people who helped Rodriguez become party leader.

One of those 14 people is Geneviève Hinse, the former chief of staff of now expelled Liberal caucus member Marwah Rizqy.

The figures are available in an expense report of Rodriguez’s winning campaign.

“At the end of the leadership race, once all suppliers had been paid and expense accounts reimbursed, the campaign was left with a surplus,” explained Rodr

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