CRTC Head Who Had Beers With a Lobbyist Did No Wrong, Ethics Commissioner Says

CRTC Head Who Had Beers With a Lobbyist Did No Wrong, Ethics Commissioner Says
CRTC Chair Ian Scott in Gatineau, Quebec, on Feb. 18, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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The CEO of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Ian Scott, did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act by sharing beers at a pub with a prominent lobbyist, says Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion.

Scott was seen at an Ottawa pub in December 2019 with Mirko Bibic, who was then CEO of Bell Canada Enterprises and, a month later, would become president and CEO of the telecommunications giant.