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OTTAWA — Fearing political trickery, the Liberals and the NDP summarily rejected Thursday’s offer by the federal Conservative government of a line-by-line briefing on the text of the newly minted Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

The offer — refused almost as quickly as it was made public — made clear that the text of the deal, promised last week within a matter of days by Trade Minister Ed Fast, wouldn’t be out before Monday’s federal election.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the text is still being crafted by Canada and its 11 Pacific Rim partner countries and will be released as soon as it is available. But he offered no other details.

“The 12 countries continue to work on that,” Harper said. “We have released detailed summaries, detailed chapter summaries. We will release the text as soon as it is available.”

A spokesman for Fast refused to elaborate.

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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said he could not agree to “a private briefing that leaves Canadians in the dark.”