The Senate's ethics officer has launched a preliminary review of Senator Colin Kenny and his use of parliamentary resources for personal tasks, CBC's French-language service Radio-Canada has learned. The move comes three-and-a-half years after the first revelations about unusual tasks performed by Kenny's Senate staff. Ethics officer letterThe Senate ethics office first said it had begun looking into the questions raised by the Radio-Canada/CBC stories more than a year ago, but could not provide any details. But in a letter dated March 9 of this year, Senate Ethics Officer Lyse Ricard informed Kenny she had decided to undertake a preliminary review of his use of Senate employees for personal purposes. Ricard wrote that she had "reasonable grounds to believe that you have breached your obligations under the [Senate Ethics and Conflicts of Interest Code]."

Source: CBC News May 15, 2017 09:00 UTC