Mr. Mario Dion at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2018 / 9:50 a.m.

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

That means that it must clearly be a gift that was not given to you in order to influence you.

If a gift has a value greater than $1,000, a provision in the act says that it will be automatically forfeited. When you declare a gift valued at more than $1,000, it is forfeited if it is possible to do so. Clearly, in the case of a meal, forfeiture is not possible.

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