Ms. Mary Dawson at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 27th, 2016. See this statement in context.

October 27th, 2016 / 12:40 p.m.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

This is part of the code.

The issue came up five years ago in the media. I think it is just an exception to the rules on gifts. The right to sponsored travel should be amended, if not eliminated. I understand that the problem is that members do not have a travel budget, but they think that doing some travelling is a good thing.

Actually, at least a rule on conflicts of interest could be added, but it would be a big exception for the rules on gifts.

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