Privy Council

• Ottawa names interim ethics commissioner after 6-month vacancy

  The 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.

  Politics

  Aug 31, 2023
  
• Search for new federal ethics commissioner crosses six month milestone

  Former 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.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023
  
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• Julie Payette workplace conduct report should be released in French, senator says

  Conservative Sen. Claude Carignan has written Raymond Theberge to complain about the federal government's failure to provide a French version of the report.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
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• Ian Shugart, Canada’s top civil servant, to take time off to seek cancer treatment

  Shugart says he intends to remain ``fully engaged'' in the short term.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2021
• Funding to help former governors general set up charities is discretionary: Privy Council

  Former Governor General Julie Payette has not thus far signalled an intention to set up a foundation and could not be reached for comment.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2021
• Privy Council launching review of abuse allegations against Gov. Gen. Julie Payette

  The CBC reported Tuesday that Payette had yelled at, belittled and publicly humiliated employees, reducing some to tears or prompting them to quit. Global News has not independently verified the allegations in the report.

  Jul 23, 2020
• Phone call leaves Liberals’ SNC-Lavalin narrative — and excuses — in complete tatters

  Jody Wilson-Raybould's tape of a call with Michael Wernick puts to rest any notion Justin Trudeau's government can turn the page on the SNC-Lavalin affair, Rob Breakenridge says.

  Commentary

  Mar 30, 2019
• ‘All of this screams’ of political interference: Wilson-Raybould to Wernick in SNC-Lavalin tape

  The former attorney general raises further questions about whether her replacement has decided to cut SNC-Lavalin a deal, saying had decided to "immediately resign" if he did so.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2019
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• ANALYSIS: Despite protests from top Trudeau aide, Wilson-Raybould was right — SNC-Lavalin is about politics, not jobs

  Time and again, Trudeau's former principal secretary Gerald Butts testified that 9,000 jobs were at stake if Jody Wilson-Raybould made the wrong decision on SNC-Lavalin. But as David Akin writes, there's no evidence to support Butts' claim.

  Politics

  Mar 6, 2019
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• Scheer says Liberals redacted information in security report on Trudeau’s India trip

  Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has criticized the redactions in the National Security and Intelligence Committee's report on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's troubled trip to India. 

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2018