It’s been a bad couple of weeks for Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan..First, she lost her riding on the September 20 election and then Monday, in her last act in the cabinet, Jordan was fined for breach of the Conflict Of Interest Act..Blacklock’s Reporter says Jordan failed to report details of her personal finances as required, according to a notice from the Ethics Commissioner..Jordan was fined $250 which she paid, wrote Commissioner Mario Dion..The fisheries minister earlier filed routine financial disclosures including a Scotia Bank car loan and mortgage with the Bank of Montreal..No reason was given for Jordan’s lapse..The maximum penalty for breach of the Act is $500..Conservative MPs have proposed the maximum be increased to $50,000 “with the fine to be proportionate to the severity of the offence and the offender’s history and personal net worth,” according to the party campaign platform..Dion in a 2018 letter to the Commons ethics committee said current fines were inadequate and should be more stringent..“This would provide Canadians with the assurance that there are more serious consequences for breaching the Act than the current regime of naming and shaming,” wrote Dion..“This would help to build trust with the Canadian public.”.Jordan was one of three cabinet ministers defeated in the September 20 election campaign with the loss of lucrative parliamentary pension benefits..The fisheries minister lost re-election in her home riding of South Shore-St. Margarets, N.S. by 1,879 votes to Conservative Rick Perkins, former director of the federal Business Development Bank..Jordan lost her Commons seat mere days before the minimum six years’ service required to qualify for MP retirement benefits that currently average $71,271 a year..The fisheries minister would have qualified October 19..Heather Bradley, director of communications for the House, said though Jordan technically remains fisheries minister until a successor is sworn in, pensionable service expires the day an MP loses their seat..Two other cabinet ministers defeated in the September 20 election also fell days short of qualifying for a pension: Seniors Minister Deb Schulte was defeated by 1,076 votes in King-Vaughan, Ont., and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, defeated by 2,738 votes in Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont.
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan..First, she lost her riding on the September 20 election and then Monday, in her last act in the cabinet, Jordan was fined for breach of the Conflict Of Interest Act..Blacklock’s Reporter says Jordan failed to report details of her personal finances as required, according to a notice from the Ethics Commissioner..Jordan was fined $250 which she paid, wrote Commissioner Mario Dion..The fisheries minister earlier filed routine financial disclosures including a Scotia Bank car loan and mortgage with the Bank of Montreal..No reason was given for Jordan’s lapse..The maximum penalty for breach of the Act is $500..Conservative MPs have proposed the maximum be increased to $50,000 “with the fine to be proportionate to the severity of the offence and the offender’s history and personal net worth,” according to the party campaign platform..Dion in a 2018 letter to the Commons ethics committee said current fines were inadequate and should be more stringent..“This would provide Canadians with the assurance that there are more serious consequences for breaching the Act than the current regime of naming and shaming,” wrote Dion..“This would help to build trust with the Canadian public.”.Jordan was one of three cabinet ministers defeated in the September 20 election campaign with the loss of lucrative parliamentary pension benefits..The fisheries minister lost re-election in her home riding of South Shore-St. Margarets, N.S. by 1,879 votes to Conservative Rick Perkins, former director of the federal Business Development Bank..Jordan lost her Commons seat mere days before the minimum six years’ service required to qualify for MP retirement benefits that currently average $71,271 a year..The fisheries minister would have qualified October 19..Heather Bradley, director of communications for the House, said though Jordan technically remains fisheries minister until a successor is sworn in, pensionable service expires the day an MP loses their seat..Two other cabinet ministers defeated in the September 20 election also fell days short of qualifying for a pension: Seniors Minister Deb Schulte was defeated by 1,076 votes in King-Vaughan, Ont., and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, defeated by 2,738 votes in Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont.
