Tag: ethics violations

Federal Ethics Failures Renew Calls for Accountability

Recent ethical lapses by government MPs renew questions of how to ensure such actions cease amid the examples set at the highest level of leadership and the trend toward declining standards of behaviour. Ethical missteps by parliamentarians is nothing new. In 1998, the Reform Party hired a mariachi band to play in the Senate foyer…


Trudeau Responds to Report That Liberal Minister Contracted PR Firm With Ties to Senior Staffer

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters he’s making sure that “all rules are followed” regarding a lucrative contract reportedly awarded to a communications firm with family ties to a senior staffer of the Liberal’s Minister of Housing and Diversity Ahmed Hussen. On Jan. 19, Global News reported that Hussen’s office has spent $93,050 in constituency…