US EditionP.E.I. Premier Requests Conflict of Interest Probe Into Former Minister's Permit Approval
A third-party review found the permit amendment violated policies and a $100,000 donation linked to the former minister's campaign manager raised conflict of interest concerns.
- On Monday, Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz alerted the RCMP and requested the province's conflict of interest commissioner investigate former cabinet minister Gilles Arsenault's handling of a permitting issue for the Summerside Golf Club.
- A third-party investigation found that Arsenault's approval of a wetland alteration permit for the club did not comply with provincial policies, prompting Lantz to remove him from cabinet on Saturday.
- The investigation revealed that after permit approval, the developer donated $100,000 to a non-profit led by Arsenault's campaign manager, though Lantz noted the former minister appeared not to benefit personally.
- Lantz suspended Arsenault from the Progressive Conservative caucus on Sunday, after a deputy minister alerted the RCMP to the investigation's findings on March 13.
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P.E.I.'s premier removed Gilles Arsenault from cabinet. What happens next?
P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz removed Evangeline-Miscouche MLA Gilles Arsenault from provincial cabinet and suspended him from the Progressive Conservative caucus. Lantz sat down with CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin to talk more about what led up to the decision, and what happens when the spring sitting of the legislature resumes this week.
Winnipeg Free Press
RCMP alerted about P.E.I. cabinet minister's dealings with golf developer: premier
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P.E.I. premier asks conflict of interest commission to investigate former minister
Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz has asked the province's conflict of interest commissioner to investigate a former cabinet minister's handling of a permitting issue at a golf
SANTA CRUZ 30 Mar. (NOMADA NEWS).- Former Minister Nemesia Achacollo was arrested on Monday by police in the framework of the investigations for alleged irregularities in the former Development Fund for Indigenous Peoples and Peasant Communities (Fondioc). After her capture, the former authority will be transferred to La Paz, where she will be brought before the judicial authority. According to the defense of the Aramayo family, Achacollo will b…
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