CBC: Guergis conflict-of-interest probe denied

[tuvor]

Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson says she "cannot pursue" an NDP request to examine the conduct of former cabinet minister Helena Guergis under the Conflict of Interest Act.

New Democrat MP Libby Davies sent a formal request to Dawson on Friday, asking her to look into whether a letter Guergis sent to a municipality in her riding, promoting a company her husband had ties to, contravened the law.

Davies made the complaint a week after the prime minister said he had referred allegations against Guergis to the RCMP and the ethics commissioner.

While Guergis was forced to resign as minister of state for the status of women and to leave the Conservative caucus, the ethics commissioner said she did not have enough information to investigate the matter raised by Davies.

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/20/ethics-guergis.html#socialcomments

[daleo]

1. Now it's supposed to be on again

At least the inquiry related to Guergis's MP position, but not the one based on her ministerial position. It seems like hair splitting, but there's often a hidden reason for that i.e. one has higher standards of evidence, greater penalties, etc.