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
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.