‘Watch me, you’ll see,’ under fire, new ethics czar vows to let his record do the talking on Trudeau, Morneau investigations

Mario Dion says it could take him a few months to decide what to do with investigations into the prime minister and finance minister, if outgoing ethics commissioner Mary Dawson doesn't wrap them up before she leaves next month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, is under investigation by the federal ethics commissioner, who is soon to be replaced by veteran public servant Mario Dion, left. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY ABBAS RANA, PETER MAZEREEUW

December 18, 2017

Canada’s new ethics commissioner says he will take up to a few months to decide what to do with the controversial ethics investigations into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and won’t be giving the Liberals any special treatment.

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