FIBERAL DEFENSE MINISTER

The contrast between Sajjan's comments in India and what he told ethics watchdog Mary Dawson a few months ago is what has piqued Scott's attention.

Sajjan stated that he deployed to Afghanistan as a reservist and was "responsible for capacity-building with the local police forces."

Scott says he believes the minister gave the commissioner a benign description in order to get out of the conflict-of-interest complaint.

"While his boast in New Delhi was indeed less than truthful, the much bigger deception is his attempt to make Commissioner Dawson believe he was only a mere reservist working with police on 'capacity-building'," said Scott, a law professor who lost his Toronto-Danforth seat in 2015.