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An election campaign sure to feature plenty of pocketbook promises got underway amid deeper questions of ethics and values on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, as federal leaders challenged Canadians to consider the kind of country they want to vote for 40 days from now.

Mario Dion's appointment as ethics commissioner in 2017 was slammed by opposition MPs as "just ragingly incompetent and frustrating and cynical.”

Justin Trudeau says he's received what he calls a "great" report from former Liberal cabinet minister Anne McLellan on the SNC-Lavalin affair.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending the federal system for appointing judges after revelations several in New Brunswick have personal connections to Liberal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc.

Newly released documents show Liberal changes to the federal appointments system has yielded a small increase in the number of younger people getting government posts.

Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former cabinet minister who accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of trying to influence her decision in a criminal case against engineering firm SNC-Lavalin, has confirmed she intends to run as a Liberal in the next federal election.

An airing of the facts is needed in the SNC-Lavalin case, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, but he stressed he is confident in examinations underway by the federal ethics commissioner and the House of Commons justice committee.

"Justin Trudeau broke the law. A first in Canadian history for any sitting Prime Minister," reads a tweet from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer dated Jan. 5, 2018. Is it true?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was going to find himself in hot water one way or another when he took a trip to the Aga Khan’s private island, then later attended a pair of meetings about one of the spiritual leader’s projects, the former House of Commons ethics watchdog said Wednesday.

The federal ethics commissioner has cleared Finance Minister Bill Morneau of allegations that he and his father benefited from insider information to save half a million dollars on the sale of shares in their family−built company.

The prime minister doesn't have business meetings. He has relationship sessions.

"Perhaps he should consider returning... a significant part, or perhaps all of the $215,000 of taxpayers’ money that was spent in enabling his unacceptable holiday," said Conservative ethics critic Peter Kent.

Bill Morneau is staying put as finance minister — but he admits he's closing out his tumultuous year with some regrets.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has wrapped up her inquiry and found that Trudeau contravened sections 5, 11, 12 and 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act.

When 2017 dawned, Finance Minister Bill Morneau was presiding over the early stages of an economic resurgence that would lift growth beyond expectations, create jobs at an impressive clip and help shave billions off his projected budgetary deficits.