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Quebec's anti-corruption unit says a former vaccination centre employee has been charged with fabricating information used to generate fake QR codes used for the province's vaccination passport.

Frank Zampino, Montreal's former executive committee chairman, will not stand trial on charges including fraud and breach of trust after a judge declared a stay of proceedings.

Still reeling from accusations its investigators fabricated evidence, the province's once-praised anti-corruption police unit is again the target of criticism.

Fresh allegations involving Quebec's anti-corruption unit, once held up as the police force that would rekindle citizens' trust in their institutions, are roiling the province's political class.

The past two years have not been easy for Quebec's three major police forces, whose officers have been working in a climate of suspicion, scandal and now an allegation of criminal wrongdoing at the highest level.

Martin Prud'homme, the chief of Quebec's provincial police, has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into an allegation he committed criminal offences.

Seven years after it was created, Quebec's anti-corruption unit is having difficulty recruiting members and filling a number of positions.

A member of the Quebec legislature who says he was "destroyed" after being targeted by Quebec's anti-corruption police is suing the provincial government for $550,000.

The Liberals must be defeated in October's election in order to properly clean up Quebec politics, says a former star witness in the province's corruption inquiry.

More paid time off for workers, better services for English-speakers and a rapid transit line between Montreal and Quebec City were all part of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard's pitch to voters as his party met in Quebec City this weekend.

A longtime Liberal member of the Quebec legislature stepped away from the party on Thursday, October 26, 2017, following his arrest by the province's anti-corruption unit.