Interim ethics commissioner with family connection to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister LeBlanc raises red flags for critics

Martine Richard, named interim ethics commissioner effective on March 27, is the sister-in-law of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, is pictured here on July 18, 2018, at the cabinet shuffle in Ottawa with his wife, Jolène Richard. LeBlanc's sister-in-law, Martine Richard, became the interim federal ethics commissioner on March 27, 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

March 29, 2023

Party ethics critics are arguing that the recently announced appointment of a temporary ethics commissioner, who has family ties to a cabinet minister, raises conflict of interest concerns and may shake the trust Canadians have in their public institutions.

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