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Michael Higgins: Of course the Liberal finance minister has a conflict of interest

The federal budget included $90 billion for a high speed rail contract for a company where Champagne's wife works

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Here’s a quick primer for members of the Carney government — if you see a potential conflict of interest, make it public, refer it to the ethics commissioner and then step back. It’s really quite easy. 

Michael Higgins: Of course the Liberal finance minister has a conflict of interest Back to video

And yet, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, a member of the government for more than ten years and in cabinet for eight, still doesn’t get it. 

We now learn that Champagne’s partner, Anne-Marie Gaudet, is vice-president of the environment for Alto, the company behind the Liberals $90 billion soon-to-be boondoggle to build a high-speed rail link from Toronto to Quebec City. 

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