Ethics czar clears Morneau in conflict-of-interest probe

Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion upheld the finance minister’s position, which argued that, because the bill is of general application, 'any interest that could be gained would be excluded from the definition of private interest.'

Finance Minister Bill Morneau did not violate conflict-of-interest rules for sponsoring pension legislation that would, if passed, affect his family business, the ethics commissioner ruled. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 18, 2018

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has officially been cleared of wrongdoing in an ethics case alleging that he violated conflict-of-interest rules when he sponsored pension legislation that could be lucrative for his family business. In an 18-page decision, titled “Morneau Report,” Canada's Ethics ...

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