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Four months after Montreal’s police force found itself embroiled in a controversy over spying on a journalist that garnered international attention, it’s at the centre of a new firestorm following allegations its internal affairs division made up evidence to silence whistleblower cops.

Montreal police have asked the Sûreté du Québec to investigate the accusations, but Quebec’s opposition parties are demanding an in-depth independent inquiry, arguing that police investigating police is no way to regain the public’s confidence.

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Montreal’s police union said the recent slew of troubling stories emanating from the police force’s internal affairs division indicates it’s time the province’s public security minister launched an overhaul.

“No one can pretend that there is no problem, and we are demanding that the minister take the means to fix it,” union vice-president André Gendron said.