CRTC Head Who Had Beers With a Lobbyist Did No Wrong, Ethics Commissioner Says
The CEO of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Ian Scott, did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act by sharing beers at a pub with a prominent lobbyist, says Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion.
Scott was seen at an Ottawa pub in December 2019 with Mirko Bibic, who was then CEO of Bell Canada Enterprises and, a month later, would become president and CEO of the telecommunications giant.
“Mr. Scott wrote that he paid for his own drink and Mr. Bibic paid for his,” wrote Dion in his Aug. 24 “Scott Report,” first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“He wrote that no manner of gifts, advantages, or hospitality was exchanged.”…