Oliphant Commission and recent scandals show clear need for another Federal Accountability Act

While determining who has done wrong in the past is important, equally and arguably more important is preventing wrongdoing in the future.

Almost all reaction to the Oliphant Commission report has focused on its least surprising findings, namely that former prime minister Brian Mulroney violated federal ethics rules and failed to tell the whole truth in his relationship with well-financed arms lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber.

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