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
· President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Transport
No Longer Applicable
- Declaration type
- Compliance Measures
- Disclosure date
- March 6, 2025
- Regime
- Conflict of Interest Act
- Description
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(This declaration replaces the one published on 2023/11/20.)
Conflict of interest screens are preventive compliance measures, agreed upon pursuant to section 29 of the Conflict of Interest Act (Act) by public office holders and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, to assist public office holders in avoiding conflicts of interest. Screens also seek to minimize the possibility of conflicts arising between the public duties of the public office holders 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 compliance measure for me, aimed at preventing any opportunity, while I exercise my official powers, duties and functions as a reporting public office holder, to further the private interests of my spouse, Mr. John Knowlton, Senior Managing Director and Business Manager of OMERS Infrastructure Management, or to give preferential treatment to the following affiliates that have or may have dealings with the Government of Canada:
- OMERS Infrastructure Management
- OMERS Administration Corporation
- Alectra
- Bruce Power
- Next Bridge Infrastructure
- TeraNet
Accordingly, as I have done in the past, I have agreed to recuse myself from any discussion or decision in relation to the above-mentioned entities. I also agree not to have any communication with government officials in relation to any matter or decision-making processes which I or the administrators of the screen know or reasonably should know to affect my spouse's interests.
This screen is co-administered by the Deputy Minister of Transport, the Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet as well as my Chief of Staff to ensure that I am neither made aware of nor participate in any official matters or decision-making processes involving my spouse’s interests unless the interest relates to a decision or matter that is of general application. I will participate in decisions or matters of general application and those that may affect my spouse’s interest as a member of a broad class of persons unless those interests are disproportionate to the other members of the class.
Moreover, all powers, duties and functions on matters that form part of this screen will be exercised by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.
The Prime Minister, the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, the Assistant Deputy Minister, Office of the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Multilateral Relations, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, my ministerial staff members and necessary public servants have been informed in writing about this conflict of interest screen.
I have undertaken to inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner at the earliest opportunity of all changes of which I become aware that relate to or should form part of the above list of matters caught by this screen.
In the event that I am made aware of a matter forming part of this screen or any such matter comes before me, I am required under section 21 of the Act to recuse myself from that matter. I must so inform the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and, where appropriate, make a public declaration of recusal pursuant to subsection 25(1) of the Act.