Tories Question Whether Minister Recused Himself Before Cabinet Appointed Sister-in-Law as Ethics Commissioner

Infrastructure and Communities Minister and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc makes an announcement on ending vaccine mandates for domestic travellers, transportation workers, and federal employees, in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press

A Conservative MP is questioning whether Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc recused himself prior to cabinet voting in favour of appointing his sister-in-law as the interim federal ethics commissioner.

“The supposed recusal of confirmed ethics lawbreaking Minister from the decision to appoint his sister in-law as the ethics commissioner was made AFTER the decision to appoint her?” Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett wrote on Twitter on April 6.