Public Declaration of Recusal

As required under the Conflict of Interest Act
Statutory requirement(s):
25. (1) If a reporting public office holder has recused himself or herself to avoid a conflict of interest, the reporting public officeholder shall, within 60 days after the day on which the recusal took place, make a public declaration of the recusal that provides sufficient detail to identify the conflict of interest that was avoided.
51. (1) The Commissioner shall maintain a registry consisting of the following documents for examination by the public:
(a)
public declarations made under section 25.
Dominic LeBlanc · Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
Declaration type
Recusals
Disclosure date
2023-04-18
Regime
Conflict of Interest Act

Description
On March 27, 2023, in the exercise of my official duties as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, I recused myself from participating in all discussions, decision and signature of an OIC walk-around, a process where a memo is signed by enough members of Cabinet to constitute a decision of Cabinet, regarding the appointment of my relative, Ms. Martine Richard, as Interim Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.