Post-employment waivers for staffers stalled until new ethics commissioner is chosen

The federal ethics office cannot shorten the cooling-off period for former public office holders seeking new work without an ethics commissioner.

Former federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion expanded the post-employment rules through a 2018 advisory opinion, so that former reporting public office holders face a cooling-off period during which they may not work for any public sector entity with which they had direct and significant official dealings, including government departments.The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

May 30, 2023

Former federal government and political staffers may be facing unavoidable wait times before they are permitted to find new jobs in the public service because the ethics office is unable to issue waivers needed to speed up the transition until a new commissioner is appointed...

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