Mulcair, who back then was a political rookie seeking provincial office for the first time, said he never looked to see what was in an envelope offered by then-mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.

He said he refused the envelope, cut short the meeting, and kept his distance from the powerful mayor of the suburb north of Montreal.

"I never saw cash," Mulcair said during a session with reporters Tuesday. "There was never a question of cash."

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