Mar. 2 - According to the Ontario Securities Commission, there was no rule against Sorbara talking to Ontario Premier McGuinty or the ethics commissioner to disclose his potential conflict of interest with the inquiry into Royal Group Technologies.

Why would Sorbara need to talk to anyone? The minute he learned of the investigation he must have known he was at least in the appearance of a conflict! The suggestion that he might require an ethics commissioner to tell him so reflects very poorly on how the concept of ethics is often perceived.

Is it too much to ask that the Ontario and Canadian governments select their Ministers of Finance with at least some appreciation of how essential it is that they be above reproach? They control how we, the people's, money is spent. Shouldn't a basic understanding of ethical behaviour be a job requirement?

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