Canada’s ‘Democratic Evolution’ Tested by Conflict of Interest Violations

Canada’s conflict of interest regulations are 'full of loopholes,' says head of government accountability watchdog

Canada's International Trade Minister Mary Ng speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 29, 2021. Reuters/Blair Gable

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Canada’s first prime minister resigned over a conflict of interest scandal in 1873. John A. Macdonald was accused of accepting election funds from a shipping magnate in exchange for the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.