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.
Nishika Jardine
· Veterans' Ombudsperson
- Declaration type
- Recusals
- Disclosure date
- 2022-12-14
- Regime
- Conflict of Interest Act
- Description
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On March 11, 2022, in the exercise of my official duties and in order to avoid any conflict of interest between my official functions and the private interests of a friend, I recused myself from any decisions relating to the process of review of a complaint received by the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman.