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Former CRTC chair appointed as new interim federal ethics commissioner
<div>The federal government posted a budgetary surplus of $3.62 billion for the first three months of its 2023-24 fiscal year, compared with a surplus of $10.20 billion in the same period a year earlier. The Peace Tower is pictured from the roof of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</div>
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Federal Liberals have gone more than six months without appointing ethics watchdog
Mario Dion waits to appear before the Commons estimates committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday December 13, 2011.&nbsp;It's been six months since the federal government has had a permanent ethics commissioner, making it the only jurisdiction in Canada operating without a conflict-of-interest watchdog who can conduct investigations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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The Ottawa school for ethics dunces
The Editorial Board
politics
Federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion quits
Newly appointed Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner for the House of Commons Mario Dion in Ottawa January 11, 2018. Photograph by Blair Gable
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MPs have ‘relatively shallow understanding’ of ethics rules, Mario Dion says
Newly appointed Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner for the House of Commons Mario Dion in Ottawa January 11, 2018. Photograph by Blair Gable
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Kielburgers to attend hearing after committee summons them to testify
Marc Kielburger, screen left, and Craig Kielburger, screen right, appear as witnesses via video conference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building, in Ottawa, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Marc and Craig Kielburger's appearance before the federal ethics committee next week remains uncertain after the WE Charity co-founders laid out a list of conditions before testifying. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Kielburgers’ appearance at ethics committee in doubt as WE Charity raises new concerns
Marc Kielburger, screen left, and Craig Kielburger, screen right, appear as witnesses via video conference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building in Ottawa on July 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Watchdog says Liberal MP took too long with ethics disclosure, ought to apologize in Commons
Ethics commissioner Mario Dion in Ottawa, on Jan. 11, 2018.
politics
Ethics watchdog dismisses conflict of interest allegations against Trudeau’s chief of staff
Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, arrives at a cabinet retreat in Ottawa, on Sept. 14, 2020.
politics
Freeland, Bains and seven other federal officials barred from official dealings with ex-envoy
David MacNaughton, Canada's ambassador to the United States, talks with reporters before the morning session as the Liberal cabinet meets in St. John's, N.L. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Politics Briefing: WE gets first airing at committee
Youth Minister Bardish Chagger says the WE organization won't manage the federal government's $900-million program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer. Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger speaks during a press conference on Parliament Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Thursday, June 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Conservatives call for Trudeau to testify at committee on WE Charity deal
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre rises in the House of Commons after the government delivered a fiscal snapshot Wednesday July 8, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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The Trudeau government’s WE Charity deal was troubling from the start
The Editorial Board
politics
Ethics watchdog dismisses conflict-of-interest allegation against ex-Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick
Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick arrives to testify to the House of Commons justice committee, in Ottawa, in a March 6, 2019, file photo.
politics
Former Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido ‘chronically’ broke code of conduct: ethics commissioner
Prime Minister Jean Chretien looks on as former Canadian Alliance MP Joe Peschisolido announces why he left the party to join the Liberals on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Sunday Jan. 27, 2002. The federal ethics watchdog says former Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido repeatedly broke the code of conduct for members of Parliament.
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Canada’s envoy to China sets up ethical screen, puts investments in blind trust
Dominic Barton speaks with reporters at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2018.
politics
Ethics law forbids Jane Philpott from paid work as an adviser to Ontario First Nation
Ethics law forbids Jane Philpott from paid work as an adviser to Ontario First Nation
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Liberals quash opposition effort to have ethics committee study SNC-Lavalin affair
House of Commons on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Chair Bob Zimmer waits to begin the committee meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday August 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Independent probe still needed for SNC-Lavalin affair, legal expert says
Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion delivered a report last week concluding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly putting pressure on former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin criminal case.
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Opposition MPs want ethics commissioner to testify at parliamentary committee on SNC-Lavalin
Opposition MPs want Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion to testify at parliamentary committee meeting Wednesday on SNC-Lavalin. (File Photo)
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Streetwise newsletter: Intact buys specialty insurers, Toronto startup Nudge Rewards raises $11-million
Bank towers in Toronto's Financial Disirict at Bay St.and King St. West, are photographed from a helicopter on June 17 2019.
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Retired Supreme Court judge John Major says it was only ‘logical’ for SNC-Lavalin to seek senior legal help
Justice John Major oversees the Air India inquiry in Ottawa Tuesday, Sept 18, 2007. The inquiry is looking into the bombing of Air India Flight 182 off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, claiming the lives of 329 people. (CP PHOTO/Jonathan Hayward) CANADA
opinion
Can prosecutorial independence and the public interest ever truly be reconciled?
Kent Roach
politics
Trudeau should apologize for violation of ethics code over SNC-Lavalin affair, Philpott says
Jane Philpott makes an announcement in Markham, Ont., on May 27, 2019.
canada
SNC-Lavalin affair began with 2016 meeting between Trudeau, company
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about a watchdog's report that he breached ethics rules by trying to influence a corporate legal case regarding SNC-Lavalin, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov
editorial
Justin Trudeau should have kept his hands off SNC-Lavalin
EDITORIAL
opinion
Trudeau threw caution to the wind, played with fire on SNC-Lavalin
Konrad Yakabuski
opinion
Final verdict on Justin Trudeau’s actions will be up to voters
John Ibbitson
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Politics Briefing: Watchdog says Trudeau violated ethics rules
Mario Dion waits to appear before the Commons estimates committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday December 13, 2011. Ethics commissioner Dion says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contravened a section of the Conflict of Interest Act during the so-called SNC-Lavalin affair.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Trudeau violated ethics law by pressing Wilson-Raybould over SNC-Lavalin deal, Ethics Commissioner rules
In Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Aug. 14, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would not fire any officials involved in the efforts to overturn the SNC decision, saying the government has learned lessons.
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Trudeau wants McLellan’s report made public at same time as ethics commissioner releases SNC-Lavalin findings
The head office of SNC-Lavalin is seen in Montreal, on Feb. 19, 2015.
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Ottawa MP who endorsed husband for city council broke conflict-of-interest rules, ethics watchdog says
A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on March 22, 2017.
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Ethics Commissioner’s report on PMO’s SNC-Lavalin actions coming in ‘next few months,’ Mario Dion says
Newly appointed Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner for the House of Commons Mario Dion in Ottawa on Jan. 11, 2018.
politics
Wilson-Raybould’s resignation prompts Trudeau to say she failed in duty to voice SNC concerns
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking at a transit funding announcement at the Winnipeg Transit bus barn, Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
opinion
If Trudeau doesn’t address the SNC-Lavalin affair soon, the fallout could cost him an election
John Ibbitson
politics
Trudeau says he discussed SNC case with Wilson-Raybould
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to questions about SNC-Lavalin during a media event in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 11, 2019. (Ben Nelms/The Globe and Mail)