Ethics Committee

• Minister Boissonnault to testify before ethics committee over ties to lobbyist, PPE company

  Members of the parliamentary ethics committee agree to call federal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault to testify over his ties to a lobbyist and medical supply company.

  Politics

  May 8
  
• Conservative push for Winnipeg lab doc probe on pause at committee

  Liberals, NDP and Bloc MPs voted to end debate on a Conservative push to further probe the Winnipeg National Microbiology Lab documents.

  Canada

  Mar 4
  
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• ANALYSIS: How a looming vote on Katie Telford may test the Liberal-NDP deal

  Opposition parties believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford knows when and what kind of information Trudeau had on foreign election interference.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2023
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• Visited the liquor store more often during COVID? Canada’s health agency tracked that

  MPs on the ethics committee expressed surprise at how much detail the report contained, even as all identifying information was stripped out.

  Canada

  May 5, 2022
• Ethics committee calls on PHAC to halt cellphone data collection to study COVID-19 patterns

  The committee passed a motion calling on the government to suspend plans to extend the collection of cellphone location data due to privacy concerns.

  Tech

  Jan 31, 2022
• WE Charity scandal: MPs vote to summon Kielburger brothers to testify

  Last week, the co-founders declined requests to do so, a fact that MPs from all parties expressed concerns about on Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2021
• WE Charity: Opposition MPs criticize ‘disturbing’ Liberal filibuster over bid for records

  Opposition MPs are in for another marathon meeting of the House of Commons ethics committee.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2020
• Committee probing WE Charity deal delays decision on Trudeau family’s speaking contracts

  WE gave up running the $912-million program amid controversy over hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees the WE organization paid to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family for appearances at WE events.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2020
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• Liberals block bid to call ethics watchdog to committee even as wildcard MP breaks ranks

  One wildcard Liberal MP broke ranks but the party still had the numbers to defeat the opposition motion.

  Politics

  Aug 21, 2019
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• Ethics committee to meet to decide whether to dig deeper into SNC-Lavalin report

  Conservatives and New Democrats pushed for the emergency meeting of the House of Commons ethics committee, where MPs will debate whether to invite ethics commissioner Mario Dion to testify.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2019