FREDERICTON – Newfoundland and Labrador’s Progressive Conservative party has ended the contract of a former New Brunswick government employee, involved in the case of altering a government document.
The party issued a one-sentence statement Wednesday announcing it had parted ways with Darell Fowlie.
The party had recently hired Fowlie as a campaign strategist as it prepares for an election later this year.
“Due to information that the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador was made aware of recently, the party has concluded its contractual relationship with Mr. Darell Fowlie,” said the statement.
Party spokeswoman Sharon Vokey confirmed Fowlie served as former New Brunswick premier David Alward’s deputy minister of communications, but declined further comment.
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Vokey did not confirm that the information she referred to in her statement was the New Brunswick report identifying Fowlie’s involvement in the alteration of a government record.
Information and privacy commissioner Anne Bertrand released her report on July 2. She found that two deputy ministers were involved in the altering of the 2013 guest list for the provincially owned lodge Larry’s Gulch, after a request by a newspaper editor.
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Bertrand’s report says the government officials responsible for altering the guest list at the time were the deputy minister of tourism, heritage and culture and the deputy minister for communications in the premier’s office.
The report did not recommend any charges be laid but she says changes to government records will not be tolerated in the future.
N.B. Energy Minister Donald Arseneault told reporters July 7 the case has been forwarded to the public prosecution’s office for review to see what action can be taken.
Fowlie could not be reached for comment.
With files from The Canadian Press
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