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Commission of Inquiry into the Facts of Allegation of Conflict of Interest Concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens fonds [textual record]

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1970-1987

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R690-0-9-E, RG33

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Commission of Inquiry into the Facts of Allegation of Conflict of Interest Concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens fonds
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1970-1987

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14.6 m of textual records

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English

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Records of the Commission of Inquiry into facts of allegations of conflict of interest concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens [textual record]

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Fonds consists of records created and/or maintained by the Commission of Inquiry into the Facts of Allegation of Conflict of Interest Concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens.

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Commission of Inquiry into the Facts of Allegations of Conflict of Interest Concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens (Canada)

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Commission of Inquiry into the Facts of Allegations of Conflict of Interest Concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens (Canada) : The Commission of Inquiry into Facts of Allegations of Conflict of Interest Concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens was established by P.C. 1139 of 15 May 1986, under Part I of the Inquiries Act, and on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The mandate of the commission was "to inquire into and report on the facts following allegations of conflict of interest made in various newspapers, electronic media and the House of Commons, with respect to the conduct, dealings or actions of the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens; and whether the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens was in real or apparent conflict of interest as defined by the Conflict of Interest and Post Employment Code for Public Office Holders and the letter from the Prime Minister to the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens of September 9, 1985. The sole commissioner was Mr. Justice William Parker.

A federal public inquiry was set up in 1986 to examine allegations of conflict of interest regarding business dealings of the Hon. Sinclair M. Stevens. Because of the inquiry, Stevens, the Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion, resigned from the Cabinet.

Conflict of interest may be defined as a situation in which politicians or public servants have an actual or potential interest (usually financial) that may influence or appear to influence the conduct of their official duties. One of the main allegations of conflict of interest that became a subject of the inquiry was that Noreen Stevens, the wife of Hon. Sinclair M. Stevens, negotiated a 2.6 million dollar loan from a businessman with Magna International Inc., an auto parts company, that received financial assistance from the office of Sinclair M. Stevens while he was the Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion.

In the final report of the commission, Justice Parker concluded that the Hon. Sinclair M. Stevens, the Member of Parliament for York-Peel, had broken conflict of interest guidelines at least fourteen times when he was Minster of Regional Industrial Expansion.

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Order in Council PC 1139 15 May 1986.

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1998-01101-1
93/001
RG33

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