"We're not providing any details of the minister's private and personal affairs, beyond repeating that he has worked with the Ethics Commissioner since being elected and appropriate measures and screens have been put in place in order to fully comply with the recommendations provided by the Ethics Commissioner," Daniel Lauzon, spokesman for the Finance Minister, said in an e-mail.
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All this may be true but compliance with the ethics guideline must be seen to be done.  "Take my word that I've done the ethical thing" is just bad politics.