Head of B.C. non-profit surprised by ethics safeguards involving Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA — Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is being shielded from any funding decisions affecting a Vancouver-based, non-profit organization run by a relative.
“The minister of justice takes her ethical obligations very seriously,” spokeswoman Joanne Ghiz wrote in an email.
“She proactively raised the issue and requested that appropriate measures be taken in accordance with the rules, obligations and guidance set out by the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner. Accordingly, a screen was put in place,” Ghiz wrote.
Darlene Shackelly, executive director of the Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia, said her late mother was the elder sister of Wilson-Raybould’s father, indigenous rights leader Bill Wilson.