OTTAWA -- Former Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has fired his wife’s sister after questions were raised about him having employed her in his constituency office.
“I understand that in this case, following the rules may not have been enough. Even the perception of a conflict concerns me. As such, I have met with Erica and I have ended her employment in my office,” Scheer said. In a statement to CTV News, Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion’s office cited confidentiality restrictions in saying it couldn’t “divulge or comment on any dealings” Dion’s office may or may not have had with Scheer.
Asked about Scheer’s staffing choices on Tuesday, Trudeau deflected and said it’s a question best posed to Scheer and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole.
Toronto MP resigns from Liberal caucus after employing sister & she intends to represent the riding as an Independent. & Scheer fires sister-in-law after questions raised about her employment in his office & He stay as Conservative MP. Big difference with Liberal & Conservative
So a Liberal MP got caught illegally employing her sister and the top notch sleuths in Canadian MSM swing into action to find something similar in the Con party to run interference for their Lib overlords. There is no moral equivalency here. One act was illegal, the other not.
Imagine wasting your vote on marit based hiring to keep his brother happy.
Scheer, Give us very good reason about fires your family member? Because you love to stay with your Conservatives. Party members should not agree with this matter.
Toronto MP resigns from Liberal caucus after employing sister & she intends to represent the riding as an Independent. & Scheer fires sister-in-law after questions raised about her employment in his office & He stay as Conservative MP. Big difference with Liberal & Conservative
Fire Scheer. Crooked con.
SUE HIM FOR WRONGFUL DISMISSAL! Haha ... that’ll teach people to do stuff.
Fix the rules. Don’t hire family number 1. Don’t have your colleagues hire your family.2 Should apply to all parties.
The people in his district told us who he was and he deserved to lose. Erin O'Toole is a much better candidate then Scheer could ever be.
Will he be stepping down from the CPC_HQ as the MP for the Liberals had to?
What a fucking hypocrite.
Scheer should pack it in and go get his liscence..the political career didn't work...
Was it necessary for denisebatters to employ AndrewScheer Sister? Was this part of the deal for Harper appointing her? All so incestuous eh? Yuk. Hypocrisy is unbelievable.
Conservatives are so disgusting, they all do this. Kenney & Harper, Pigeon Pierre, this dufus...the whole lot of them should be investigated
AndrewScheer fire her, I doubt it. Asked to leave maybe with a nice tidy sum of $$ in tow ......... 😳 cronyism cdnpoli
But did he hire her under a fake name?
More unethical actions by another politician. What a hypocrite, calling out Trudeau for stuff he does too. Where are the standards for these people? Who cares about what party they are part of, there has to be some standard they are held to and consequences when failing.
What an a$$hole, he thinks that makes it alright, what about his sister who worked for him while speaker with taxpayer money. This guy really is a grifter. How much money from party funds for his own personalize, how many years on taxpayers dime?
This says volumes about his ethics.
Crook
It’s good to see nepotism taken seriously in Canada.
Go figure
what kind of man with supposed family values fires their own sister-in-law? not andrew scheer, because i said 'man' and he's just a bitch.
Hypocrisy on both sides of the floor. JustinTrudeau erinotoole
Grifters- all of them.
He was always shady to me
Will Erin O’Toole fire his wife? Just say’n. cdnpoli erinotoole claringtontruth COVID19
Best laugh I’ve had lately. In the article O’Toole claims to have “high bar concerning ethics” That is a knee slapper.
CTVToronto I don't get it. He fired his sister when the rules changed, and got the ok for a sister in law.
Lord help the mister, who comes between me and my sister.
Has Denise Batters hired her yet?
He needs to resign immediately
Busted!!!!! Crooked ins agent!
Just like that it's over she probably got a big package
CTVToronto Biggest creep ever!
Someone should fire Scheer.
Just another dip in the trough.
There goes good old CTV doing it's normal propaganda. Man does CTV and CBC ever suck. canadianmsmisterrible worstnewsoutletsever
wow. shocking.😑
For fucks sake, this cockroach still in Canada? This guy has to be most corrupt and unethical person ever in government, makes Harper look like an angel.
So now his sister will get fired. Oooops, the jig is up!
Scheer is smart enough to resign as Leader of CPC when his theft of party funds to pay for kids education came to light. Now smart enough to fire sister-in-law before he had to explain exactly what does she do for her (I'm guessing exorbitant) salary? Scheer = TOP grifter!
At least it's not like half a million from a 'charity' That her husband donated millions of tax payers money to... Like Trudeau the 🤡
His sis in law will get some nice employment insurance, now. 😂💸💸
He is USA citizen!
Andrew who?
The question remains why does Sheer Con even have a constituency office!? He should have been shown the door when he was caught stealing money! He only fired his sister in law cos once again, he got caught! Hypocrisy much!
You should go to the ethics commission
Good thing they can’t get together for Christmas anyway - that would be Awwwkward 😂
Awkward.... good thing Canadian Thanksgiving has already gone by....
Nepotism everywhere
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahababababahaabhababab THIS IS CLASSIC.
never change, Andy.
Too late Andy...as usual...too late.
Nope. Not good enough Resign. And the media should blow this up for about 6 months like they did with the already debunked WE debacle.
No resigning ?
Andrew Sheer using taxpayer money for the benefit of his family isn't newsworthy, it's expected from him.
Practice wasn't a violation of Commons rules at the time
Only fires her after he gets caught ... what a prick
So? No rules broken
CTV Garbage
Can we return him to the US please
Stupid people don’t know they’re stupid !!!
Scheer’s still around 🤔
In that case, look into former London Mayor AnnMarie Di-Ciccio & first cousin Michelle Di-Ciccio (court trial co-ordinator) and the distortions & corruptions of Law that can occur (have) when the legal interests of the City (police liabilities) are at stake. It's a bad setup.
That is like closing the barn door after the horses have run out. Firing after the fact doesn’t make the initial hire legal or lawful.
Oh FFS, that guy cannot stop causing damage to the Conservatives! AND I'M A CONSERVATIVE!
They are all corrupt.
Wait, Yankee Doodle Andy has no shame.
This is way worse than the WE 'scandal'
former con leader got caught again...crooked as hell. he should go south and get in bed with Trump. CBCNews globeandmail nationalpost
He's fired her already? She's only been working for him, paid by tax payers since 2007.
Omg, he fired his mistress?
Had to be caught before he did what was right! Typical Con!
AndrewScheer the opposition research fountain aka Canada's Giuliani. erinotoole
Meanwhile, liberal_party MP Yasmin_Ratansi employed her sister surreptitiously for years and the issue was ignored.
Dumb Scheer. He should have changed her name the way the Liberal MP did. Liberals are experts in this type of stuff. Scheer is a mere rookie.
“His office noted that Scheer sought clarity from both the ethics watchdog and the House of Commons administration about his hiring decisions and was told no rules would be violated by employing her.”
No one in government should hire a friend or family no matter how far removed. Drug tested too
I only came here to read the “bot” comments.
school fees and now nepotism ... glass houses and stone throwing ....
At least her name wasn’t Ivanka. More Tory fuckery with the public purse. Par for the course. CrookedConservatives erinotoole CPC_HQ AndrewScheer
Really, it took this long to have a continence. Very disappointed
This only became a issue after liberal mp was busted for hiring her sister , difference is , she didn’t have approval and tried hiding the facts !!!
Dance
Christmas should be fun at the Sheer residence.
The conservatives are progressives who drive the speed limit.. they are like the teams who play the Harlem Globetrotters.
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