The NWT's integrity commissioner has dismissed complaints against two MLAs.
Commissioner David Phillip Jones reviewed a complaint against Caroline Wawzonek, who serves as Finance minister, alleging that she was in a conflict of interest due to her husband having shares in Canadian Utilities Limited. Jones dismissed it, arguing determining that owning shares in a publicly-traded corporation by a spouse does not create a conflict of interest, according to section 74(2) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act.
The other complaint was against the Speaker of the House Shane Thompson. It argued he breached the MLASA国际影视传媒檚 code of conduct by disclosing information about the complainant without permission.
The commissioner concluded that information shared by MLA Thompson could not reasonably be considered confidential, as it was not marked private, did not contain sensitive personal details and was copied to multiple other recipients, according to a press release from the legislative assembly.
"As required under the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, the integrity commissioner has prepared detailed reports of these investigations which have been shared publicly," the news release reads. "The reports will be tabled by the Speaker and Deputy Speaker on the first day of the next sitting of the legislative assembly."
The first session in the assembly this year begins during the first week of February.
