Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has taken the first step toward a possible investigation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after a Conservative MP filed a complaint alleging that Trudeau may have improperly furthered the financial interests of a longtime friend.
In a letter to Conservative MP Michael Barrett, Dion said he has asked Trudeau to respond to Barrett’s claim that contracts between the majority of Liberal MPs and Data Sciences — a company owned by Trudeau’s friend Tom Pitfield — contravene the ethics code for MPs.
