The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that former foreign affairs minister
John Baird is on a list of
proposed candidates for directorships at Canadian
Pacific Railway. The Globe's Steven Chase writes that if his nomination succeeds, this will be Mr.
Baird's second post in corporate
Canada after quitting the Harper
government cabinet earlier this year.
Directors
earn about $235,000 a year
in this post and investors are
being asked to vote on the nomination.
Barrick Gold said last week it has hired Mr. Baird as a director.
He will serve as an international
adviser to Barrick.
The Globe says Mr. Baird was
personally lobbied three times
by Barrick during his tenure as
foreign affairs minister.
NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus
says the ease with which former
Tory government ministers
move into big business jobs in
Canada is a sign that Ottawa
needs stricter lobbying rules.
Mr. Angus believes the definition
of what constitutes lobbying
is too limited.
Mr. Baird says his two jobs were cleared
by federal Ethics Commissioner
Mary Dawson.
The Globe notes that none of the ministers who have
left the Harper government have
been found in contravention of
federal ethics rules.
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