Public Declaration of Agreed Compliance Measures (Section 29)
As required under the Conflict of Interest Act
Statutory requirement(s):
29. Before they are finalized, the Commissioner shall determine the appropriate measures by which a public office holder shall comply with this Act and, in doing so, shall try to achieve agreement with the public office holder.
51. (1) The Commissioner shall maintain a registry consisting of the following documents for examination by the public:
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any other documents that the Commissioner considers appropriate.Additional relevant information:
Excerpt from the 2013-2014 Annual Report:
Conflict of interest screens are generally used if reporting public office holders are in positions where there is a significant possibility that they will be involved in discussions or decision-making that could affect their own private interests or those of a relative or a friend or an organization with which they have been connected. These arrangements can be made during the initial compliance process, during the annual review process or as a result of a material change to a reporting public office holder’s situation.
Dominic LeBlanc
· Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
No Longer Applicable
- Declaration type
- Compliance Measures
- Disclosure date
- 2021-12-23
- Regime
- Conflict of Interest Act
- Description
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In order to prevent a conflict of interest situation from arising and to avoid the perception of preferential treatment, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner has determined that a conflict of interest screen is necessary to assist with my obligation to abstain from any participation in any matters or decisions, other than those of general application, relating to my friend, Mr. James D. Irving, President and Chief Executive Officer of J.D. Irving Limited, including J.D. Irving Limited its subsidiaries, affiliates, associates, divisions and or any legal form of business in which he or his companies may have a private interest.
A decision or a matter that is of general application is one that affects the interests of a broad class of persons or entities. If a decision or matter is narrowly focussed and affects the interests of Mr. Irving as one of a small group or if he has a dominant interest in the matter, it would no longer be considered a matter of general application.
Accordingly, a conflict of interest screen has been established and will be administered by my Chief of Staff to ensure that I will abstain from any participation in any discussions or decision-making processes and any communications with government officials in relation to any matter or issue forming part of the subject matter of the conflict of interest screen.
I have undertaken to inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of all matters of which I become aware that relate to or should form part of the subject matter of the conflict of interest screen, in order to prevent a conflict of interest.
In the event that any issue or matter subject to the conflict of interest screen is not caught by that screen and comes before me, I undertake to recuse myself from that issue or matter as required by Section 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act and inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.
The Prime Minister of Canada, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Governance), the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, the Government representative in the Senate and my ministerial staff members have been notified accordingly.