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CALGARY — Aecon Group Inc. says it’s concerned that false or misleading claims may taint a federal review of a $1.5-billion deal to sell the Canadian construction company to a Chinese state-owned firm.

“In order for this process to work properly, it is important that elected officials and the public have accurate information,” Aecon CEO John Beck said Friday in a statement.

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The statement followed a call for a full national security review by Conservative member of Parliament Tony Clement, a former minister in the Harper government.

“The Chinese company poised to take over Canadian construction giant Aecon is rampant with corruption and has just been blacklisted by Bangladesh for that very reason,” Clement said in the House of Commons, where MPs have Parliamentary privilege that protects them from slander and libel suits.

“We know Aecon has been awarded numerous sensitive Canadian government contracts, including working with our military and in the nuclear sector.