Parliament's Ethics Blind Spot A recent report by Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein highlights a disturbing trend in Ottawa: politicians who think they are above the law, and an ethics watchdog that seems reluctant to hold them accountable.
The commissioner's findings also raise questions about the effectiveness of the conflict of interest system.
Liberal MP Lori Idlout was found to have purchased over $1,700 worth of goods from her own gallery, Carvings Nunavut, and charged them to the House of Commons as "gifts given as a matter of protocol.