Public Declaration of Recusal
As required under the Conflict of Interest Act
Statutory requirement(s):
25. (1) If a reporting public office holder has recused himself or herself to avoid a conflict of interest, the reporting public officeholder shall, within 60 days after the day on which the recusal took place, make a public declaration of the recusal that provides sufficient detail to identify the conflict of interest that was avoided.
51. (1) The Commissioner shall maintain a registry consisting of the following documents for examination by the public:
(a)
public declarations made under section 25.
Steven Guilbeault
· Minister of Canadian Heritage
OCIEC Translation
- Declaration type
- Recusals
- Disclosure date
- June 2, 2021
- Regime
- Conflict of Interest Act
- Description
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On April 19, 2021, in the exercise of my official duties, I recused myself from participating in the governor in council nomination process of three new members of the board of directors of the Canada Energy Regulator in order to avoid any opportunity to further the private interest of my friend, Mr. François Tanguay.