Federal ethics and accountability coverage, including conflict-of-interest screens, disclosure questions, committee oversight and public trust in government decision-making.
2026-05-11 · Carney Watch / Ethics / Canada Strong Fund
Ottawa is putting $25 billion into a new national investment fund. Because the Prime Minister's former employer is active in many of the same sectors, Canadians need written guardrails before the money moves.
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2026-05-10 · Ethics / Government Advertising / Liberal Branding
Blacklock’s reports Commons committee members said use of the Liberal Party’s Canada Strong slogan in federal advertising violated rules against partisan misuse of public funds. The Privy Council Office promised to investigate.
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2026-05-08 · Ethics / Fundraising / Bill C-25
A May 8 Liberal fundraiser lands while Bill C-25 moves toward Senate study with changes critics say would weaken fundraiser transparency.
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2026-05-07 · Carney Watch / Ethics / Conflicts of Interest
Northern Perspective's latest Carney Watch video focuses on Democracy Watch's warning that Canada's ethics rules still leave enormous loopholes around prime ministers, ministers, insiders and so-called blind trusts.
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2026-05-03 · China / Foreign Policy / Ethics
Global Affairs Canada's 2026-27 departmental plan quietly removes all mention of "forced labour" — a reversal of explicit government commitments stretching back to 2021. At a parliamentary committee, the Liberal MP who crossed the floor to join Carney after a Beijing trip declared he doesn't "believ
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2026-05-03 · Ethics / Conflicts of Interest / Liberal Accountability
A House of Commons ethics committee report released April 23, 2026 contains 20 recommendations specifically designed around Carney
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2026-05-02 · Conflicts of Interest / Ethics / Carney
On April 24, 2026, the House of Commons Ethics Committee concluded that Prime Minister Mark Carney's blind trust is "insufficient" and formally recommended he divest his Brookfield Asset Management holdings. On April 27 — exactly four days later — Carney announced the $25-billion Canada Strong Fund
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