CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait has been fined for violating the Conflict of Interest Act, the ethics commissioner says.
Tait was fined $200 for breaching subsection 22.5 of the act, which requires public office holders to report any “material change” in assets, debts, and investments within 30 days.
“Penalty is paid,” the Office of the Ethics Commissioner said in a public notice of administrative monetary penalty issued on Oct. 30, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. The notice indicated that Tait failed to make a required disclosure within the 30-day timeframe. It did not provide further details.
The penalty came after the commission’s disclosure of Tait’s “sole ownership of a rental property located in Brooklyn, New York” and the sale of undisclosed stocks….