Until such time as the rules change, this is all irrelevant because it's allowed. I bet if a person were motivated enough they could find an opposition MO or two doing the same thng or something similar. I suggest starting with Tony Clement who got the Senate to kill a Bill, passed by the Commons (under Harper) which would have made generic medications more available and cheaper for third world countries. The reason was that it would have adversely affected Clement's pharmaceutical holdings! Even if the rules changed, the Commissioner has no real powers to penalise the offender in any meaningful way. This is simply political theatre. As a lawyer, the Justice Minister would have made sure not to be breaking any laws, or even official ethics guidelines. If anything should be done, it is for Trudeau to make them comply with his own stated rules.