Bank of Montreal is bringing back its controversial 2.99 per cent five-year fixed-rate mortgages.

BMO sparked a mortgage price war among the banks early last year when it first introduced the rate, one that angered Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who has been worrying that Canadians are taking on too much mortgage debt. The bank stopped offering the rate later in 2012.

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