Lost in the haze: has the need for ethics law reform been overshadowed by Trump and COVID?

Our laws tell the world something about who we are as a nation and who we believe we can be. If we want to remain a global leader, then our laws must be modernized so that they send a clear signal about the Canadian public’s expectations of its elected officials.

Some of us contrast Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s transgressions with former president Trump’s activities and to the gravity and challenge of governing during a global pandemic and are compelled to dismiss our made-in-Canada ethics ‘scandals’ as being comparatively inconsequential, writes Ian Stedman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY IAN STEDMAN

January 19, 2022

I teach an upper year course on public sector ethics at York University. Every year, I add new content to my course because every year politicians in this country make what I desperately hope are clumsy, rather than corrupt, decisions that land them in hot water. I am a glass-half full person though...

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