The federal Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner cannot currently initiate investigations or issue reports on possible ethics breaches by public servants because it has no acting commissioner, a House of Commons committee heard on May 12. Representatives from the office told the Commons Standing Committee on Ethics that a future commissioner could…
Ethics Commissioner’s Office Can’t Initiate Investigations Due to Leadership Absence, Committee Hears
Trudeau Defends Appointment of Cabinet Minister’s Sister-in-Law as Interim Ethics Commissioner
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 31 defended the appointment of Martine Richard to the role of interim ethics commissioner, amid conflict-of-interest concerns over her being the sister-in-law of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. “If there is any office in the country that understands how to manage conflicts of interests and ethical perceptions and issues,…
Canada’s ‘Democratic Evolution’ Tested by Conflict of Interest Violations
Canada’s first prime minister resigned over a conflict of interest scandal in 1873. John A. Macdonald was accused of accepting election funds from a shipping magnate in exchange for the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was Canada’s first political scandal, long before the country had a conflict of interest watchdog. “The big…
US Needs Tougher Laws Against Federal Stock Traders
Commentary The U.S. federal government has over 1.8 million civilian employees and over 1.3 million active duty military personnel. Many have access to confidential information that could be traded in the stock market to give an edge against taxpayer stock traders who pay their salaries. That’s just wrong. A major Wall Street Journal study, published…
PR Firm Working For Pfizer and Moderna Embeds Staff Within CDC’s Vaccine Committee
A PR firm that represents big pharma companies like Pfizer and Moderna has been revealed to staff certain divisions in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the pandemic, sparking questions regarding potential conflicts of interest. Based in New York, Weber Shandwick is reportedly the second-largest PR firm in the world with revenues…
Quebec Tory Leader Calls for Inquiry Into Pandemic Management by Private Firm
Quebec Conservative Party Leader Éric Duhaime on Friday called for an inquiry into the province’s outsourcing of many facets of the pandemic’s management to U.S. consulting firm McKinsey, including any potential conflicts of interest issues. “Should we understand that the [François] Legault government gave a consulting firm the duty to manage Quebec in 2020, with…
30 Percent of Hong Kong Senior Officials Are CCP-Backed, Violating Conflict of Interest
The new Hong Kong government has expanded its infrastructure and added many new positions since the new chief executive of Hong Kong took office in July 2022. Among 14 Senior officials appointed by Chief Executive Of Hong Kong (CE) John Lee Ka-chiu, some are in charge of mainland affairs. Others possess multiple companies and properties…
‘Institutional Corruption’: Big Pharma Money Permeating Global Drug Regulators
Though drug regulators were originally set up to regulate the drug industry, a new investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) shows that conflict of interest (COI) is pervasive within agencies globally. Pharmaceutical companies are the biggest funders of major regulatory agencies. The study found some national drug agencies are almost exclusively reliant on pharmaceutical…
Big Pharma Paid $24 Million to 1% of US Oncologists, Many in High-Profile Positions: Study
One percent of U.S. cancer doctors, many with leadership roles in hospitals, academia, national health institutes, and guideline-making, received over $24 million in payments from cancer pharmaceutical companies in 2018, according to a new study by Queen’s University in Canada. The study found that 139 oncologists—representing 1 percent of all American cancer doctors—were given over $100,000…
Big Pharma Paid $24 Million to 1 Percent of US Oncologists, Many in High-Profile Positions: Study
One percent of U.S. cancer doctors, many with leadership roles in hospitals, academia, national health institutes, and guideline-making, received over $24 million in payments from cancer pharmaceutical companies in 2018, according to a new study by Queen’s University in Canada. The study found that 139 oncologists—representing 1 percent of all American cancer doctors—were given over $100,000…
US News
- Daniel Y. TengBeijing has declined an invitation to meet with top U.S. officials this coming weekend, according to the Pentagon on May 29. The decision effectively shutters the potential dialogue between Defense… [...]
- Joseph LordThe National Memorial Day Parade returned to Constitution Avenue in Washington on May 29. The program was headlined by three legends of the U.S. Apollo Program, astronauts Rusty Schweikert of… [...]
- Carol CassisSANTA ANA, Calif.—Over 3,000 locals and veterans gathered at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary to honor local heroes for their military service to the country on the morning of Memorial… [...]
- John FredricksWestminster officials declared last week that September 9, 2023, will be proclaimed Massoud Day after Ahmad Massoud, described as the founding father of the resistance against the Soviet invasion of… [...]
- Hans MahnckeThe Epoch Times presents the second part of an exclusive edited extract from the forthcoming book “Swiftboating America” by Hans Mahncke, co-host of “Truth over News” on EpochTV. Sign up… [...]
- City News ServiceSAN DIEGO—Three people were injured in a head-on collision in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego, authorities said May 29. The crash occurred at 8:53 p.m. Sunday in the… [...]
- The Associated PressSAN JOSE, Calif.—A man in police custody died Thursday in Northern California after he broke a hospital’s window with a metal oxygen tank and fell off a ledge following an… [...]
- City News ServiceNORTHRIDGE, Calif.—A hit-and-run motorist behind the wheel of a BMW struck and killed a motorcyclist in Northridge, authorities said May 28. The suspect’s vehicle was going eastbound on Roscoe Boulevard… [...]
- Steve LanceFormer Lieutenant Colonel Matt Lohmeier shares with us the challenges that service members face in the military. He calls on people to express their gratitude to the men and women in… [...]
- City News ServiceSAN DIEGO—Residents from the San Diego region and elsewhere honored those who gave their lives in military service to the nation during several Memorial Day events May 29 in the… [...]