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Top cops, ex-cops, politicians and a whistleblower are at the centre of the tangled Guy Ouellette/UPAC story. Here’s a Who’s Who.

Guy Ouellette

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Ouellette, MNA for Chomedey, was briefly arrested last week by UPAC, Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, as part of an investigation into leaks to the media. He was not charged, but withdrew from the Liberal caucus and as chair of the National Assembly’s institutions committee, which overlooks UPAC’s work.

Praised, even by opposition parties, as a beacon of integrity, he made a name for himself as a Sûreté du Québec officer investigating criminal biker gangs.

Ouellette has accused UPAC of framing him as part of an effort to muzzle him and scare off MNAs who question the unit’s power. He said UPAC intimidation efforts aren’t new, suggesting the unit arrested former Liberal MNA Nathalie Normandeau on the day of Quebec’s 2016 budget to bully Liberal MNAs into renewing Robert Lafrenière’s mandate a few days later.