Quebec’s ethic commissioner is recommending an $8,000 superb in opposition to a former Liberal member of the legislature for utilizing her constituency assets for the 2025 Liberal management race.
Commissioner Ariane Mignolet says Sona Lakhoyan Olivier held partisan actions at her workplace final yr to learn Pablo Rodriguez, who ultimately resigned the management in December.
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Mignolet mentioned her investigation discovered that Lakhoyan Olivier actively mobilized her workers to help Rodriguez’s candidacy by attending his occasions, working to enroll social gathering members and making calls to attraction for votes.
The report additionally discovered that Lakhoyan Olivier tried to impede the commissioner’s investigation.
Lakhoyan Olivier was excluded from the social gathering’s caucus in December and now sits as an Unbiased.
Liberal Chief Charles Milliard mentioned right this moment he accepts the commissioner’s report and received’t enable Lakhoyan Olivier to rejoin the social gathering.
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