Minister’s Sister-in-Law Steps Down as Ethics Watchdog After Committee Launches Probe

Minister’s Sister-in-Law Steps Down as Ethics Watchdog After Committee Launches Probe
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, whose sister-in-law Martine Richard, in a file photo. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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The sister-in-law of a Liberal cabinet minister has stepped down as the interim ethics commissioner a day after a House of Commons committee agreed to investigate her appointment.

Martine Richard, who has worked in the commissioner’s office as a lawyer since 2013, took over the top job last month for a six-month stint.