Mario Dion
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Ottawa names interim ethics commissioner after 6-month vacancyThe Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner released a statement saying Konrad Winrich von Finckenstein has been appointed to the role for the next six months.PoliticsAug 31, 2023
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Search for new federal ethics commissioner crosses six month milestoneFormer ethics watchdog Mario Dion is helping with the search for his replacement, but says that it is difficult as there are few people qualified for and want the job.CanadaAug 15, 2023
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Canada’s trade minister faces ethics probe over Liberal’s $17K contractConservative MP James Bezan had asked commissioner Mario Dion to examine the contract awarded to the firm Pomp and Circumstance by Ng's office for media training in spring 2020.CanadaMay 30, 2022
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Conservatives ask for ethics probe into Liberal’s $17K ‘sweetheart’ PR contractFederal contracts are a frequent subject of scrutiny from all sides of the political spectrum when it comes to alleged conflicts of interests.CanadaMay 24, 2022
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Trudeau did not further interests of lifelong friend Pitfield, ethics watchdog concludesThe ethics commissioner says an inquiry is not warranted and he will not pursue the matter any further.CanadaAug 3, 2021
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Small fraction of WE Charity affair documents redacted: top public servantLess than 2.5 per cent were redacted to black out information on other matters that were not relevant to the committee's investigation into the WE affair, he added.CanadaNov 24, 2020
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Roy Green: Ethical behaviour should not be negotiableCanada's federal leaders apparently have a different code of ethics than the one Roy Green says he learned at his mother's knee.CommentaryAug 14, 2020
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Conservatives seek investigation into Canada’s outsourced $84M rent subsidy programSpeaking to reporters on Sunday, Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre said he would be submitting a request to the lobbying commissioner for an investigation on Monday.CanadaAug 9, 2020
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Ethics commissioner sets sights on Morneau as WE Charity grant probe expandsThe scope of the ethics inquiry into the federal government's dealings with WE Charity has now been broadened to include Finance Minister Bill Morneau.CanadaJul 29, 2020
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Trudeau apology means ‘fairly certain finding of a contravention’: former ethics commissionerCanada's former ethics commissioner says Justin Trudeau's public apology in the WE scandal this week "effectively said, ‘I’ve not followed the Act."CanadaJul 14, 2020
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