Heritage Minister Shelly Glover is under fire from opposition MPs over a fundraising event where members of Winnipeg’s art and culture community were asked to donate money to the cabinet minister -- donations that may have breached federal conflict-of-interest rules.
CTV News showed up to the Thursday evening fundraiser, held at a Winnipeg home, asking to talk to Glover who was in attendance. Upon seeing a CTV News reporter, Glover asked, “What are they doing here?” and subsequently said she had “stopped in briefly” to the event.
CTV News was then asked to leave the house by the homeowner when the reporter asked Glover why she was taking money from people who depend on her department for funding.
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According to federal conflict-of-interest rules, cabinet ministers are forbidden to “to solicit or accept funds from a person or organization who has lobbied or is likely to lobby the public officer holder of the officer or department.” The rules go on to say that a minister must avoid “situations where issues of preferential treatment of other conflicts could arise.”
The event’s invitation, which was obtained by CTV News, reveals that invitees to the event were “primarily of the cultural community of Winnipeg.”
Glover later told CTV News that fundraisers were something “we do all the time.”
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