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The Liberal Party of Canada is refusing to release details of a fundraiser held by MP Raj Grewal that amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time Grewal was struggling with millions in gambling debts.

With tickets priced at $500 per person, Grewal said the event for the Brampton East Liberal riding association last April attracted 1,200 people, an unusually large crowd for a local fundraiser that featured no party luminaries.

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The potential take of up to $600,000 — less costs and non-paying guests — would have far exceeded the riding’s spending limit of $100,000 for a minimum 37-day election campaign.

By contrast, most of the fundraisers included on a Liberal transparency website list fewer than 100 guests, even when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or a senior cabinet minister spoke to the audience.

Opposition critics have highlighted the event as one of several outstanding question marks over the Grewal affair, the NDP suggesting the proceeds “could have run the next election many times over.”