Federal ethics commissioner finds another Liberal broke ethics laws, calls for mandatory training for all MPs
In his report, Dion couldn’t help but note that as a veteran MP and parliamentary secretary, Fergus should have known he couldn’t try to influence the CRTC’s decision one way or another.
“I am quite concerned that someone with the breadth of experience of Mr. Fergus would fail to recognize the possibility of a contravention.” “In this instance, I fell short of what is required of me as a parliamentary secretary,” he said in his statement published on social media.
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