Public Declaration of Agreed Compliance Measures (Section 29)
As required under the Conflict of Interest Act
Statutory requirement(s):
29. Before they are finalized, the Commissioner shall determine the appropriate measures by which a public office holder shall comply with this Act and, in doing so, shall try to achieve agreement with the public office holder.
51. (1) The Commissioner shall maintain a registry consisting of the following documents for examination by the public:
(e)
any other documents that the Commissioner considers appropriate.Additional relevant information:
Excerpt from the 2013-2014 Annual Report:
Conflict of interest screens are generally used if reporting public office holders are in positions where there is a significant possibility that they will be involved in discussions or decision-making that could affect their own private interests or those of a relative or a friend or an organization with which they have been connected. These arrangements can be made during the initial compliance process, during the annual review process or as a result of a material change to a reporting public office holder’s situation.
Anita Anand
· Minister of National Defence
No Longer Applicable
- Declaration type
- Compliance Measures
- Disclosure date
- May 12, 2022
- Regime
- Conflict of Interest Act
- Description
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Conflict of interest screens are preventive compliance measures, agreed upon pursuant to section 29 of the Conflict of Interest Act by a public office holder and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, to assist the public office holder in avoiding conflicts of interest. Screens also seek to minimize the possibility of conflicts arising between the public duties of the public office holder and their private interests or those of their relatives and friends.
The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and I have agreed that a conflict of interest screen is an appropriate measure to prevent any opportunity while exercising my official functions to further the private interests of my spouse, Mr. John Knowlton, Senior Managing Director and Business Manager at OMERS Infrastructure Management, by giving preferential treatment to the following entities that have or may have dealings with the Government of Canada:
- OMERS Infrastructure Management
- OMERS Administration Corporation
- Alectra
- Bruce Power
- CannAmm
- CBI Health
- Confederation Bridge
- DynaLife
- LifeLabs
- Trescal SA
This screen is administered by my Chief of Staff and the Deputy Minister of National Defence to ensure that I am neither made aware of nor a participant in any discussions or decision-making processes pertaining to the above-mentioned entities, unless the interest in the decision or matter is one of general application.
The Prime Minister of Canada, the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, as well as the members of my ministerial staff have been duly informed in writing of this conflict of interest screen.
I have undertaken to inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of any additional matters I am made aware of in the future that should form part of the subject matter of the conflict of interest screen.
In the event that any relevant matter is not caught by the screen and comes before me, I am required under section 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act to recuse myself from that issue or matter and inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.