Ethics Commissioner must conduct investigation into alleged political direction in SNC-Lavalin prosecution

 Photo credit: Sean Kilpatrick (The Canadian Press) Today, Democracy Watch released the letter it has sent to federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion calling on him to delegate an inquiry into whether Prime Minister Trudeau or anyone in the PMO violated the federal government ethics law by trying to

Democracy Watch challenges Justin Trudeau’s biased, secretive appointment of new Lobbying Commissioner

 Photo credit: Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada via pm.gc.ca (DC) Today, Democracy Watch is in Federal Court in Ottawa for the hearing of its case challenging the Trudeau Cabinet’s appointment in December 2017 of the new Lobbying Commissioner. Democracy Watch argues that the Cabinet was biased and in a conflict of