Ethics commissioner Mario Dion launched an investigation last Friday under the Conflict of Interest Act, his office confirmed. The ethics probe comes after the Conservatives raised concerns about connections between the Liberals and the winner of a new Arctic surf clam licence, a partnership between Nova Scotia-based Premium Seafoods and the Five Nations Clam Company, which includes Indigenous communities in the four Atlantic provinces and Quebec.
Sunday, May 20, 2018
ETHICS WATCHDOG WILL INVESTIGATE LEBLANC
OTTAWA — Canada’s ethics watchdog is investigating federal fisheries minister Dominic LeBlanc’s decision to award a lucrative fishing licence to a group in Atlantic Canada with ties to the Liberals and LeBlanc’s own family.
Ethics commissioner Mario Dion launched an investigation last Friday under the Conflict of Interest Act, his office confirmed. The ethics probe comes after the Conservatives raised concerns about connections between the Liberals and the winner of a new Arctic surf clam licence, a partnership between Nova Scotia-based Premium Seafoods and the Five Nations Clam Company, which includes Indigenous communities in the four Atlantic provinces and Quebec.
Ethics commissioner Mario Dion launched an investigation last Friday under the Conflict of Interest Act, his office confirmed. The ethics probe comes after the Conservatives raised concerns about connections between the Liberals and the winner of a new Arctic surf clam licence, a partnership between Nova Scotia-based Premium Seafoods and the Five Nations Clam Company, which includes Indigenous communities in the four Atlantic provinces and Quebec.
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