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Politics This Morning: Watchdog finds Morneau broke ethics law in WE Charity scandal, Trudeau cleared

Plus, Liberals MPs say Bloc Québécois’ Sébastien Lemire should appear before BOIE to answer for leaking a naked photo of a colleague that was broadcast during virtual Parliament.

After last summer’s WE Charity affair, ethics investigations determined former finance minister Bill Morneau, left, violated the Conflict of Interest Act, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was cleared. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 14, 2021

Good Friday morning, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion dropped two rulings Thursday related to last summer’s WE Charity scandal, clearing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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