Canada
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · Contravention: 31
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 2 September 2026 · member of the House of Commons of Canada · Lori Idlout contravened section 8 of the Code. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 8 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 8 April 2026 · Deputy Minister of National Defence · Christiane Fox contravened section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act by using her office to influence departmental officials to hire a man she had referred, with no government or access-to-information experience, at a management level for which the officials had advised he was not qualified. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 9 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 24 July 2024 · public office holder · Annette Verschuren contravened subsection 6(1) and section 21 of the Act. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 6(1) and 21 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 14 February 2023 · member of the House of Commons of Canada · Greg Fergus contravened section 9 of the Act by writing a letter in support of Natyf Inc., whose application for mandatory distribution on the digital basic service for its television service, Natyf TV, was before the CRTC. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 9 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 13 December 2022 · Canadian politician · Mary Ng contravened subsection 6(1) and section 21 of the Act. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 6(1) and 21 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 15 June 2021 · Canadian politician · Yasmin Ratansi contravened section 8 of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons by employing in her constituency office, from January 2017 to November 2020, a woman she publicly called her sister. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 8 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 13 May 2021 · 39th Canadian Minister of Finance · Bill Morneau contravened subsection 6(1), section 7 and section 21 of the Act. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 6(1), 7 and 21 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 19 November 2020 · member of the House of Commons of Canada · James Maloney contravened paragraph 20(1)(i) of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons: after his re-election in 2019 he did not complete the disclosure of his private interests, due on 7 January 2020 and still incomplete in late April despite repeated notices from the Commissioner. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 20(1)(i) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 5 February 2020 · Canadian politician · Joe Peschisolido contravened subsections 20(1) and 21(3) of the Code with respect to interests he no longer held in Peschisolido Law Corporation as a result of the corporation's dissolution on November 26, 2018, by failing to file an accurate statement of his private interests at the time of the annual review he… · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 20(1) and 21(3) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 14 August 2019 · 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025 · Justin Trudeau contravened section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act by using his position as Prime Minister to seek to influence the decision of the Attorney General of Canada, Jody Wilson-Raybould, on the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 9 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 10 July 2019 · member of the House of Commons of Canada · Anita Vandenbeld contravened section 11 of the Code. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 11 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 30 May 2019 · public office holder · Jim Smolik contravened subsection 35(2) of the Conflict of Interest Act: within weeks of leaving the Canadian Grain Commission, inside the one-year cooling-off period, he dealt with the Commission on behalf of his new employer, Cargill. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 35(2) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 12 December 2018 · public office holder · Mark Kristmanson contravened subsection 11(1) of the Act on 12 different occasions. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 11(1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 4 December 2018 · member of the House of Commons of Canada · Stephanie Kusie contravened subsection 27(2.1) of the Code concerning the public comments made in relation to her request for an inquiry on her website and Facebook and Twitter accounts. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 27(2.1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 12 September 2018 · Minister of Finance; member of the House of Commons of Canada · Dominic LeBlanc contravened subsection 6(1) of the Act by making a decision that placed him in a conflict of interest, as well as section 21 of the Act, which sets out a corresponding duty to recuse. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 6(1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 14 June 2018 · Canadian author, journalist, broadcaster, musician and politician · Charlie Angus contravened subsection 27(2.1) of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons by posting on his website and Twitter his request for an inquiry into another Member before the period of silence set by the Code had passed. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 27(2.1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 20 December 2017 · 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025 · Justin Trudeau contravened sections 5, 11, 12, and 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act (Act). · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 5, 11, 12, and 21 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 25 May 2017 · public office holder · Nigel Wright contravened subsection 6(1) and section 9 of the Act. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 6(1) and 9 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 21 April 2017 · Canadian politician · Vic Toews contravened subsection 35(1) of the Act. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 35(1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 17 November 2016 · Canadian civil servant (1948–2018) · Ian Bennett contravened section 11 of the Act by accepting the gifts from Brinks Canada. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 11 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 13 September 2016 · public office holder · Linda Vennard contravened section 11 of the Act by accepting a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates from a stakeholder. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 11 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 24 February 2016 · Canadian politician · Parm Gill contravened section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act by sending letters of support to the CRTC, an administrative tribunal, while he was a parliamentary secretary. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 9 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 15 September 2015 · public office holder · Daniel Kosick contravened subsection 35(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act by accepting, one month after leaving a minister's office, a job with Flagship Solutions, a lobbying firm whose consultant he had met three times in his last year in office. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 35(1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 26 February 2015 · Canadian political adviser & historian (1982-) · Michael Richard Jackson Bonner contravened section 11 of the Act by accepting the invitations in each case examined in this report. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 11 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 26 June 2014 · public office holder · John Lynn contravened paragraph 15(1)(e) of the Act. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 15(1)(e) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 26 March 2013 · Canadian politician · Jay Hill acted in a manner as to take improper advantage of his previous public office as Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, and thereby contravened section 33. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 33. · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 17 October 2012 · Canadian politician · Loyola Sullivan clearly contravened subsection 35(2) of the Act by making representations during his one-year cooling-off period, which ended on March 28, 2012. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 35(2) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 22 March 2012 · Canadian politician · Christian Paradis contravened section 7 and subsection 6(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act: as Minister of Public Works he had his staff arrange a meeting with departmental officials for the company of Rahim Jaffer, a former caucus colleague. · Conflict of Interest Act, s. 7 and 6(1) · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 14 July 2011 · Canadian politician, businessperson · Helena Guergis contravened sections 8 and 9 of the Code in respect of the letter in support of Wright Tech because in doing so she acted in a way to further the private interests of her husband, Mr. Jaffer. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 8 and 9 · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 7 May 2008 · Canadian politician · Robert Thibault failed to comply with sections 8, 12 and 13 of the Conflict of Interest Code. · Conflict of Interest Code · Source
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Authority Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner · From 15 June 2006 · Canadian politician · However, although section 15 of the Members’ Code was technically contravened, I find, in accordance with subsection 28(5), that it was a mitigated contravention. · Conflict of Interest Code, s. 15 · Source