Committee to explore removing 'friend' exception from ethics rules

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Published: Wednesday, 01/10/2018 1:58 pm EST
Last Updated: Thursday, 01/11/2018 9:33 am EST

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Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson says that because it's difficult to define who qualifies as a friend, the better approach might be to remove the exception that gives public office holders some cover from conflicts of interest when a friend offers them a gift.

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