Thank you, Chair.
Dion [has] also noted that the Conflict of Interest Act specifically states that respecting that law is a “condition of employment” for the public office holders it applies to. That means that in theory, anyone who breaches the act [should] lose their job....
But who is the boss of Liberal MPs and cabinet [ministers]? The prime minister, who has already broken ethics laws twice.
“I don't think the crafters of the act envisaged the situation where a prime minister would be found in breach [of the act] himself.”...
But who would you give the power to fire an MP, if not the prime minister or voters....
We are just about at the end, again:
According to Stedman, the fact that the prime minister was never sanctioned by his own party and caucus for his ethical breaches allowed ministers to go unpunished for their subsequent breaches....
“If Trudeau is not going to hold himself accountable, and the party is not going to hold him accountable, well [then], he kind of has to not hold them accountable in return. It's kind of a quid pro quo with his...party members,” he said. “Trudeau's caucus failed the system.”