Greg Fergus at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 17th, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 17th, 2023 / 5:35 p.m.

Liberal

Greg Fergus Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC

I can answer that question, Mr. Chair.

In fact, the gap that Mr. Garon and Mrs. Vignola have just pointed out is closed in LIB-12. The amendment proposes to replace the beginning of section 68 of the Conflict of Interest Act with the following:

If a matter is referred to the Commissioner under subsection 12(2) or 24(2.1) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, the Commissioner shall

That allows us to cover the gap you just identified.

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