BackCitizens’ Representative for Newfoundland & Labrador, Bradley Moss, released a public report on 10 December 2020, highlighting the results of an investigation of evidence concealment by a public official during a previous conflict of interest investigation by his office.
The report concludes over 600 pages of email evidence were withheld by the former CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation during a 2015-17 investigation, leading the previous Citizens’ Representative to form erroneous conclusions. The report declares a misconduct on behalf of the former CEO.
The Citizens' Representative is calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly to amend the Citizens’ Representative Act to increase fines for obstruction and misleading the Ombudsman to CDN$10,000, and to introduce discoverability language to give the Citizens’ Representative more time to detect obstruction and initiate prosecution.
Source: Office of the Citizens’ Representative for Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
