Deputy minister broke conflict of interest rules by hiring university peer: ethics watchdog

OTTAWA — Immigration officials submitted a plan of action to House of Commons committee on Monday, following an auditor general’s report that highlighted serious integrity controls in the international student visa program last month. Part of that is ensuring voluntary compliance by student visa holders. “We have to make sure that there’s a full continuum from telling people the rules to reminding them nicely to reminding them forcefully,” said Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ted Gallivan, during his testimony on Monday. “Part of it, is the threat of no-...