Minister followed conflict-of-interest law: commissioner
Manitoba's outdated legislation set for update
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Mnaitoba Finance minister Scott Fielding.
Finance Minister Scott Fielding consulted with Manitoba’s conflict-of-interest commissioner last week in relation to his wife’s interest in a company accused of workplace turmoil.
Finance Minister Scott Fielding consulted with Manitoba’s conflict-of-interest commissioner last week in relation to his wife’s interest in a company accused of workplace turmoil.
On Wednesday, the commissioner commented about the steps Fielding took and spoke generally about the need to modernize toothless old provincial legislation.
"I think our legislation doesn’t do anything near what it can," Jeffrey Schnoor said Wednesday. "I’m hopeful we will move towards better legislation." In 2018, the conflict-of-interest commissioner’s 56-page report recommended how to modernize the "oldest and arguably the weakest conflict-of-interest legislation in Canada."