Ethics Watchdog Reviews Request to Investigate Trudeau Over Data Sciences Payments

Ethics Watchdog Reviews Request to Investigate Trudeau Over Data Sciences Payments
Conservative MP Michael Barrett arrives to a caucus meeting in Ottawa on June 23, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—The federal ethics watchdog is reviewing a request to investigate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over payments his MPs offices made to a company owned by his friend.

Conservative MP Michael Barrett wrote to ethics commissioner Mario Dion asking he launch an inquiry into the prime minister’s possible involvement in awarding contracts to Data Sciences Inc.