The Senate ethics officer didn't publish a single inquiry report last year, prompting some senators to wonder exactly what the office (which has a $1.2 million budget) has been up to — and why it's taking so long to finish investigations that have been underway for months.
Pierre Legault, a career public servant, was tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in summer 2017 to keep an eye on ethical transgressions in the Red Chamber on an interim basis. He was then appointed as the permanent Senate ethics officer (SEO) in December of that year.
Since then, the office has not concluded one ethics inquiry.
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