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07-27-2003, 01:18 PM
A ranking minister in Canada has resigned from participation in decisions regarding a rapid transit system because of a potential conflict of interest. The supposed conflcit of interest has to do with the ministers ownership in a limousine service which could conflict with the transit system.
Really? Does one think that a successful businessman really needs to be concerned about that type of micro issue? What does this say for other appointees to the government; is any experience or success however removed, a basis for removal from a key decision?
Get a life!
"Dhaliwal, MP for Vancouver-South Burnaby and B.C.'s senior representative in the federal cabinet, co-owns a limousine service that ferries travellers from the airport to downtown Vancouver. He withdrew from negotiations on the proposed $1.7-billion transit project because of an apparent conflict of interest.
His withdrawal was announced after he sent a letter to federal Ethics Counsellor Howard Wilson, who warned last week of the "appearance" of a conflict."
Read article:
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/story.asp?id=884D72EE-DAA0-4381-A935-06AAEEE4CFA6
Really? Does one think that a successful businessman really needs to be concerned about that type of micro issue? What does this say for other appointees to the government; is any experience or success however removed, a basis for removal from a key decision?
Get a life!
"Dhaliwal, MP for Vancouver-South Burnaby and B.C.'s senior representative in the federal cabinet, co-owns a limousine service that ferries travellers from the airport to downtown Vancouver. He withdrew from negotiations on the proposed $1.7-billion transit project because of an apparent conflict of interest.
His withdrawal was announced after he sent a letter to federal Ethics Counsellor Howard Wilson, who warned last week of the "appearance" of a conflict."
Read article:
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/story.asp?id=884D72EE-DAA0-4381-A935-06AAEEE4CFA6