News of the day: Deputy minister broke conflict of interest rules in peer hiring; Transport Canada's 'reprehensible' hiring practices; Brady and the Sens are back | Page 891 | Unpublished
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News of the day: Deputy minister broke conflict of interest rules in peer hiring; Transport Canada's 'reprehensible' hiring practices; Brady and the Sens are back

April 8, 2026
It’s Tuesday, March 17. Here are the top stories the Ottawa Citizen newsroom is following today. DEPUTY MINISTER BROKE CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES BY HIRING UNIVERSITY PEER: ETHICS WATCHDOG The government’s ethics watchdog has found that Christine Fox, the Department of National Defence’s top civilian official, broke conflict of interest rules by hiring a university […]


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