OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signalled that his Liberal government is rethinking how it evaluates and accepts proposals for work following the recent firing of two public servants who were making side money from federal contracts.
The office of Canada's auditor general said on Wednesday that it had fired two employees and investigating a third after discovering they were earning money through federal contracts and had failed to disclose that to their managers.
Trudeau said Canadians have a right to expect that governments — at the political level and non-political level —"are responsible and efficient stewards of taxpayer dollars."The auditor's office said it had initiated an internal investigation of the workers in June of last year and concluded one case in September and the other in December.
"Additional values and ethics training will be rolled out to all OAG employees in coming months, and additional controls are being implemented to verify outside employment or contracts," Leduc said. Dalian Enterprises Inc. said Yeo made the appropriate conflict-of-interest filing, resigned as a director and officer and put his company shares in a blind trust because its main customer is the government of Canada.
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