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All eyes will be on Sun Media following a report it is poised to offer Justin Trudeau an apology for a derogatory rant by one of its most controversial television commentators.

The Liberal leader’s office announced last week that he would ignore questions from Sun reporters after Sun News Network’s Ezra Levant used a television segment to insult Trudeau’s and his parents.

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In thefive-minute rant prompted by a photo of the Liberal leader kissing a bride on the cheek earlier this month, Levant referred to Trudeau’s father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, as a “slut” and said similarly derisive things about his mother.

The Liberal leader’s office said Levant had “crossed the line” and that he would boycott the media chain “until the company resolves the matter.” Exactly what steps Trudeau wanted to see taken were not indicated.

On Sunday, CTV parliamentary bureau chief Robert Fife tweeted that former prime minister Brian Mulroney had contacted the Liberals to say that Sun Media would apologize Monday for Levant’s comments. Mulroney sits on the board of Quebecor, the company that owns Sun Media.