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Trudeau should hire a ‘director of ethics and oversight’ to vet potential conflicts and break ‘serial pattern’ of ethics lapses, say pollsters
By Abba Rana August 3, 2020
Justin Trudeau's Liberals should ensure they don’t end up in anymore ethical controversies, as these scandals lead people to think that it is ‘time for change,’ says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are losing their political capital because of the WE Charity scandal. Political insiders say the prime minister should bring a senior staffer into his PMO who could 'speak truth to power' and warn Liberals about any potential conflict-of-interest issues going forward. Prime Minister Trudeau, pictured July 30, 2020, at his virtual appearance before the House Finance Committee. Screen capture image courtesy CBC News
The PMO should hire a senior staffer to vet all major political initiatives for ethical problems before they are rolled out, to avoid more of the ethical lapses that have plagued Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government since it won power in 2015, say two veteran political pollsters.
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