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- Title: New Conflict of Interest Act in New Brunswick.
- Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 236 KB
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In 1978, the New Brunswick Government enacted one of the first Conflict of Interest Acts in Canada. The purpose of that Act was to assist legislative members, and others, to avoid an actual or apparent conflict of interest. In addition to Members of the Legislature and Cabinet Ministers, the Act applied as well to Deputy Ministers, executive staff members and heads of Crown Corporations. That Act required all of these people to make full disclosure of assets and liabilities by filing a sworn declaration with a designated Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench. In March 1999, following a review by the Legislative Administration Committee, a new Members' Conflict of Interest Act was adopted. This article is a slightly edited version of the first Bulletin of the new Commissioner appointed under that Act. The article was sent to all members of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in May 2000 and is available on the web site of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. In response to what has been described as an unprecedented level of cynicism and lack of trust in politicians, revisions have been made to most of the Conflict of Interest Acts in Canada in an effort to put into place a regime that will better avoid conflict of interest situations. Several of the revised acts, like the one in New Brunswick, now have application to Members only and provide for the appointment of an independent Commissioner from outside government or the courts (in some instances referred to as Ethics Commissioners) to administer the Act.