PRIME MINISTER TABLES REVISED CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE

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October 7, 2004 Immediate Prime Minister Paul Martin today tabled in the House of Commons a revised Conflict of Interest and Post-employment Code for Public Office Holders. The document is also to be tabled in the Senate by the Leader of Government in the Senate, on behalf of the Prime Minister. The Code establishes general ethical principles and detailed provisions designed to prevent conflicts of interest, as well as rules that govern post-employment conduct. The Code applies to members of Cabinet and to all other public office holders. The revisions serve to strengthen the Code which the Prime Minister put in place in December, 2003, and where appropriate, to harmonize its provisions with the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, which came into force on October 4, 2004. The Code is administered by the Ethics Commissioner, who has the dual role of administering the Prime Minister¿s guidelines and those that govern Members of Parliament. Copies of the revised Code can be obtained from the Office of the Ethics Commissioner or at the following address: www.strategis.ic.gc.ca/ethics. Backgrounder - 30 - PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555

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