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 Transport and Internal Trade
No Longer Applicable
- Declaration type
- Compliance Measures
- Disclosure date
- March 6, 2025
- 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 (Act) by public office holders and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, to assist them 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 in order to avoid the appearance of giving preferential treatment or furthering the private interests of Porter Airlines while I exercise my official powers, duties and functions as a reporting public office holder. This measure is in place as my spouse, Mr. John Knowlton, is Senior Managing Director and Business Manager of OMERS Infrastructure Management, and Porter Airlines is an affiliate of OMERS Private Equity.
Accordingly, I have agreed to recuse myself from any discussion or decision in relation to Porter Airlines. 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 the private interests of Porter Airlines.
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 the interests of Porter Airlines. I will participate in decisions or matters of general application and those that may affect the interests of Porter Airlines 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.