Hat tip to John S. for reminding me of this news release from “Democracy Watch” about the Liberal-appointed “Ethics” “Czar” Bernard Shapiro, and how he ethically handled the (former Liberal cabinet minister) Judy Sgro scandal.
(Also see my Shapiro-related blog entry at the time, here, and other related Sgro posts here, here, here, and here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here. I was all over that Sgro thing apparently—I guess I was quite peeved about it! (That feeling never went away.)
CBCWatch.ca also had coverage here.)
ETHICS COMMISSIONER PROCESS BIASED, FLAWED—
IMPARTIAL INQUIRY NEEDED INTO SGRO AFFAIRTuesday, May 10, 2005
OTTAWA – Today, Democracy Watch called the first investigation by federal Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro biased and flawed. The investigation into the actions of former Cabinet minister Judy Sgro and others was undertaken in response to allegations that Sgro violated federal Cabinet ethics rules (which are set out in the Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for Public Office Holders).
Democracy Watch called for a new, fair, impartial inquiry into the Sgro situation.
“Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro hired a Liberal Party-connected law firm to investigate a Liberal Cabinet minister, and that makes his ruling on minister Judy Sgro’s actions biased and invalid,” said Duff Conacher, Coordinator of Democracy Watch and Chairperson of the Government Ethics Coalition. “If the Ethics Commissioner has any integrity he will declare the Sgro investigation biased and flawed and call on the government to establish a fair, impartial inquiry.”
To conduct the investigation into Sgro’s and others’ actions, the Ethics Commissioner hired (without a contract bidding competition) law firm Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG). BLG donated $165,000 to the federal Liberals between 2000 and 2003 (2004 donation figures are not yet publicly available); donated more than $25,000 to Paul Martin’s campaign for the Liberal Party leadership; has three partners representing Liberals before the Gomery Commission inquiry (David W. Scott and Peter K. Doody representing Jean ChrÃ
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