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Government & Democracy

Conflict-of-interest platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Conflict-of-interest.

Conservative

  • Introduce real penalties for violations of the Conflict of Interest Act.
  • Disallow the indirect holding of shares by Cabinet ministers.
  • Increase oversight powers of the Ethics Commissioner to request additional information about the content of meetings.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Conflict-of-interest.

Green

  • Strengthen the Conflict of Interest Act to include financial and other penalties for breaking the law.
  • Impose strict conflict of interest screening criteria for appointments to federal regulatory boards and agencies.

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Strengthen the Conflict of Interest Act to include financial and other penalties for breaking the law.

Impose strict conflict of interest screening criteria for appointments to federal regulatory boards and agencies, minimizing the potential for bias and preferential access by the regulated industry.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any PPC policies on Conflict-of-interest.

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