US EditionSupreme Court to look at whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
- Canada’s highest court is set to determine if a challenge against the federal ethics report concerning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s role in the WE Charity decision can move forward.
- The challenge originated from Democracy Watch's June 2021 judicial review application after Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion cleared Trudeau of breaching the Conflict of Interest Act.
- Dion found Trudeau did not breach ethics rules despite public acknowledgment of a conflict appearance and advised recusal but noted no Act requirement to do so.
- The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Democracy Watch's application, reasoning that the Conflict of Interest Act restricts judicial scrutiny over factual and legal matters; however, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal without providing an explanation.
- This review may define judicial oversight limits on ethics rulings, emphasizing Parliament’s primary accountability role in the Trudeau-WE Charity controversy that emerged during the pandemic.
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Top Court to Look at Whether Challenge of Ethics Ruling in Trudeau Case Can Proceed
The Supreme Court of Canada will look into whether a group’s challenge of a federal ethics report on Justin Trudeau’s involvement in a decision about WE Charity can proceed. The top court’s ruling on Thursday revived one thread of a controversy that made headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, then-federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion concluded that Trudeau, who was the prime minister at the time, did not breach the Conflict of In…
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