Ethics commissioner’s confusing remarks on asset loophole stems from scarce communications resources, say lobbyists

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Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has found herself in the centre of a media firestorm in recent weeks stemming from revelations that Finance Minister Bill Morneau had not placed his lucrative shares in family business Morneau Shepell in a blind trust. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

November 13, 2017

Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson’s ambiguous remarks about the number of cabinet ministers holding personal investments indirectly through a holding company, thus avoiding the need of a blind trust, is likely the symptom of having no dedicated communications resources...

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