Special rapporteur David Johnston defended his impartiality and that of his top counsel as he faced opposition MPs who’ve requested he step down from his role around concerns of conflict of interest.
“I don’t believe I have a conflict of interest and I would not have undertaken this responsibility had I had a conflict of interest,” Johnston told the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs committee on June 6.
Johnston said when he tabled his first report on May 23 that he had consulted his lifelong friend, former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, who told him no conflict of interest existed….