Super Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon is unmoved that the Ethics Commissioner is launching a sixth investigation into him. He even predicts more questions will be raised about his probity.
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Mr Fitzgibbon said on Friday he was “happy” with the new inquiry launched by Me Ariane Mignolet following revelations by our Bureau of Investigations.
“She will do her job and say that there were no problems,” assures the minister of the checks initiated by the commissioner.
The Journal reported yesterday that the minister took part in a pheasant hunt on a private island owned by a group of wealthy businessmen who benefit from public subsidies.
Members must declare any gift over $200. The minister did not say whether he would pay for the entire activity.
The fact that this is a sixth investigation leaves the important minister indifferent. “There will be others. I don’t mind,” he said.
“There is no conflict, there has never been a conflict and there will be none. The day there is a conflict I will take care of it,” Mr Fitzgibbon assures.
“It’s none of their business”
Although he has assured that he has no conflict of interest, Minister Fitzgibbon will not reveal who he hunted pheasants with on the private island in Lake Memphremagog.
“None of your business, he started on Friday morning. it’s private It’s my private life. I’ll speak to the ethics commissioner. »
trivialization
Somewhat earlier, the opposition parties had denounced the CAQ’s trivialization of ethical issues.
Prime Minister François Legault and Mr Fitzgibbon do not care about the code of ethics that governs the actions of elected officials, believes Quebec Liberal Party interim leader Marc Tanguay. A minister who manages millions of dollars should leave no door open to doubts about patronage, he emphasized in English.
“Repetition must not become a pretext for trivialization. It’s not because it’s the sixth investigation that it’s any less serious. Then I, I see that in François Legault, a kind of ease with it,” said Quebec Solidaire parliamentary leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.