The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner began operating in its current form in July 2007, when the Conflict of Interest Act came into force. The Act was part of the 2006 Federal Accountability Act.
The Office has several predecessors.
Read about the development of Canada’s federal conflict of interest regimes and their administration in this timeline.
The timeline brings together information from a range of sources.
Honourable Konrad von Finckenstein, C.M., K.C.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
August 31, 2023 to present
Mario Dion
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
January 9, 2018 to February 21, 2023
Mary Dawson, C.M., K.C.
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
July 9, 2007 to January 8, 2018
Bernard Shapiro, O.C., G.O.Q.
Ethics Commissioner
May 17, 2004 to March 29, 2007
Howard Wilson
Ethics Counsellor
June 16, 1994 to April 2004
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