MONTREAL—Quebec’s ethics commissioner has announced she is opening an investigation into Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon regarding assets he allegedly holds in private companies. The investigation is to look into whether the minister broke conflict of interest rules and whether he properly declared those assets, commissioner Ariane Mignolet said Tuesday in a release. Quebec’s ethics commissioner says two separate complaints filed with her office last week by opposition parties regarding Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon will also be part of her investigation into assets he allegedly holds in private companies. ( Jacques Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo )Mignolet said she is opening the probe on her own initiative. The commissioner added, however, that two separate complaints filed with her office last week by opposition parties regarding Fitzgibbon will also be part of her investigation.

Source: thestar April 23, 2019 22:41 UTC