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Monday, March 23, 2015

More questionable choices by Stephen Harper

Vic Toews met with Peguis lawyer about Kapyong settlement: Court documents

Within months of leaving cabinet, former treasury board president Vic Toews met with with a lawyer representing Peguis First Nation on several occasions regarding a settlement of the Kapyong lands, according to court documents.

"I think there are reasonable grounds to investigate this situation as a possible violation of the federal conflict of interest law," said Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa.

Conacher said federal conflict of interest rules prohibit former cabinet ministers from giving advice on or consulting about confidential information they found out while in government.

“It's impossible for them to give advice without knowing what they learned as a cabinet minister,“ said Conacher.

Toews resigned from cabinet and federal politics in July 2013.

According to invoices from Jeff Rath, a lawyer for Peguis First Nation, Toews met him several times and they spoke on the phone on one occasion between September 25 and November 7, 2013.

READ MORE: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vic-toews-met-with-peguis-lawyer-about-kapyong-settlement-court-documents-1.2999314

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