Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s ‘ethics package’ is really a work of deception and defence: Lobbyists may not work for a minister and lobby the minister, but their lobbying firm can continue to lobby the minister on behalf of private interests

Continuing his pattern of governing with deception and hypocrisy (instead of governing with integrity as he promised in 1993), Prime Minister Jean Chr tien introduced yet another so-called "ethics package" on June 11, again filled with vague, ambiguous or weak rules and empty promises.

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