Dean Del Mastro, the former Conservative MP who was convicted for elections offences, is imploring parliamentarians to investigate what he alleges is 'bias' from the federal commissioner of Canada's elections and Elections Canada.
OTTAWA – Dean Del Mastro, the former Conservative MP who was convicted for elections offences, is imploring parliamentarians to investigate what he alleges is “bias” from the federal commissioner of Canada’s elections and Elections Canada.
In the SNC-Lavalin case, the company admitted wrongdoing, was offered and entered into a compliance agreement. Though former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Normand Morin was charged and pleaded guilty to two charges related to illegal political contributions. He wasDel Mastro said he was never afforded the opportunity of a compliance agreement, and if he had, he would have taken it, though throughout the affair he has maintained he did nothing wrong, calling it an “accounting dispute.
Del Mastro said that Elections Canada failed to collect all records and information in his case, and that while he is not interested in re-litigating his case, he now thinks that it’s time to put it all before a parliamentary committee and that the findings then be referred to parliament or an appropriate enforcement body, as he feels his legal avenues have largely been exhausted.
In a statement, Michelle Laliberte a spokesperson for commissioner Cote cited confidentiality in speaking to the Del Mastro investigation. His June 2014 conviction came with a condition of a ban from running federally for five years. He did not elaborate on which level of government, or for which party he’d be interested in running for.
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