Tag: Ethics watchdog

Ethics Watchdog Says Trudeau Didn’t Further Interests of Lifelong Friend Pitfield

OTTAWA—The federal ethics watchdog has concluded Justin Trudeau was not involved in a decision that saw Liberal MPs using their taxpayer-funded budgets to hire the services of a company run by one of the prime minister’s lifelong friends. In a letter to Trudeau, Mario Dion says he’s satisfied that the prime minister was not involved…


Ethics Watchdog Reviews Request to Investigate Trudeau Over Data Sciences Payments

OTTAWA—The federal ethics watchdog is reviewing a request to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over payments his MPs offices made to a company owned by his friend. Conservative MP Michael Barrett wrote to ethics commissioner Mario Dion asking he launch an inquiry into the prime minister’s possible involvement in awarding contracts to Data Sciences Inc….