Ex-PMO aide Bruce Carson fined $50,000 for illegal lobbying

Carson, who served in the PMO from 2006 to 2008, and briefly in 2009, was found guilty earlier this year of three counts of lobbying while under the five-year cooling-off period for former designated public office holders. Mr. Carson's lawyer said he 'would have to appeal the verdict.'

Bruce Carson, an aide in former prime minister Stephen Harper's office, leaves court after he was fined $50,000 for illegal lobbying on Nov. 4, with his lawyer Patrick McCann, right.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

November 4, 2016

Bruce Carson, a former adviser to prime minister Stephen Harper, has been fined $50,000 for illegal lobbying. Justice Catherine Kehoe with the Ontario Court of Justice delivered the ruling in an Ottawa courthouse Friday morning. Mr. Carson, who served in the prime minister's office from 2006 to ...

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