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- The range of penalties includes censure, removal from office, permanent disqualification from holding any state position, restitution, decades in prison, and fines up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not all ethics violations are treated equally.
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Dec 20, 2022 · Over the course of his time as prime minister, Trudeau and members of his cabinet have been found to have breached federal ethics rules, while others faced investigations where no contravention...
Aug 15, 2019 · A political bombshell was dropped Wednesday when the ethics commissioner found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had contravened the Conflict of Interest Act for trying to influence then-justice...
- Rachel Gilmore
3 days ago · Regardless of which party holds power, a striking flaw in Canada’s political ethics framework is the lack of clear consequences for violating the Conflict of Interest Act.
Dec 22, 2017 · The ethics commissioner’s report was scathing, but didn’t impose or recommend any penalty, despite the severity of a sitting prime minister breaking federal law.
Aug 14, 2019 · NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that Trudeau's history of ethics violations should not be re-elected as Prime Minister.
Ethical violations are often punished in the courts of public and investor opinion. Ethical violations may occur without legal violations occurring. But even though legal violations may not have occurred, this does not mean ethical violations necessarily go unpunished.
Sep 15, 2018 · Three senior members of Justin Trudeau's cabinet have been found in violation of ethics rules in the past year — a list that includes the prime minister himself.
