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Everyone pinned has something on the record: a finding, a charge and how it ended, a filing, or a decision with its result. Tap a face for the story. A red string is a document that ties two people; tap the string to open ittap a pin to see who they are tied to. No string, no claim. A dashed string waits for its document.

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Family
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The Liberal family

The leader’s seat
Mark Carney, Special address, World Economic Forum, Davos, Jan 21, 2026
Special address, World Economic Forum, Davos, Jan 21, 2026
Mark Carney
Prime Minister since 14 Mar 2025
Kept millions in Brookfield. The men guarding his wall answer to him.
StoryCabinet
Justin Trudeau, Meeting with Ecuador's president, Ottawa, Mar 5, 2024
Meeting with Ecuador's president, Ottawa, Mar 5, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister 2015 to Mar 2025. Former leader
Commissioner Dion: he "contravened section 9" over the SNC-Lavalin prosecution (Trudeau II, 2019). Trudeau III, on WE: no contravention.
FindingEx-cabinetPast
Cabinet, current and former
Anita Anand, Press conference at the Pentagon, Apr 28, 2022
Press conference at the Pentagon, Apr 28, 2022
Anita Anand
Foreign Affairs. PSPC 2019 to 2021
Her department gave her spouse's employer's lab a contract, LifeLabs, up to $111.0M. She stepped out of the file six days later.
StoryCabinet
Navdeep Bains, Collision conference, Toronto, May 22, 2019
Collision conference, Toronto, May 22, 2019
Navdeep Bains
Innovation 2015 to 2021
Recommended SDTC’s chair to cabinet, 19 Jun 2019. The Commissioner later found she contravened the Act twice.
RecordEx-cabinetPast
Bill Blair, Canada-U.S. wildland fire agreement signing, Jun 27, 2023
Canada-U.S. wildland fire agreement signing, Jun 27, 2023
Bill Blair
Public Safety 2018 to 2021. Now High Commissioner, UK
Mass Casualty Commission: his call with the RCMP Commissioner was not political interference; it recommended a law to bar such direction.
FindingEx-cabinetPast
Randy Boissonnault, Speaking at NAIT, Edmonton, Nov 14, 2018
Speaking at NAIT, Edmonton, Nov 14, 2018
Randy Boissonnault
Employment. Left cabinet Nov 2024. Edmonton Centre
Three preliminary looks closed, no contravention. His ex-partner’s non-compliance started a contempt process (ETHI, 18 Sep 2024).
RecordEx-cabinetAlbertaPast
François-Philippe Champagne, US-Canada Summit, Toronto, Apr 4, 2023
US-Canada Summit, Toronto, Apr 4, 2023
François-Philippe Champagne
Finance. Innovation 2021 to 2025
An agency he answered for signed agreements worth a reported $327,796 with Bionest, the firm his father chairs. A Bank of China mortgage while at Foreign Affairs.
StoryCabinet
Jean-Yves Duclos, Icebreaker agreement signing, Washington, Nov 13, 2024
Icebreaker agreement signing, Washington, Nov 13, 2024
Jean-Yves Duclos
Chairs the Public Safety committee. PSPC 2023 to 2025
"The RCMP is not investigating ArriveCAN," he told MPs. His own briefing book held a police referral on the border agency’s contracting, made a year before.
StoryEx-cabinet
Chrystia Freeland, Munich Security Conference, Feb 16, 2018
Munich Security Conference, Feb 16, 2018
Chrystia Freeland
Finance 2020 to 2024. MP to 2026
Four fiscal anchors in four years. Elections Commissioner: she "unintentionally violated" the Act at two press conferences.
FindingEx-cabinetPast
Steven Guilbeault, COP15, Montreal, Dec 7, 2022
COP15, Montreal, Dec 7, 2022
Steven Guilbeault
Environment 2021 to 2025. Left cabinet Nov 2025
No finding, no shares. Cycle Capital’s partner told MPs four of its companies got $10.4M from SDTC.
StatementEx-cabinet
Dominic LeBlanc, Press conference, Mar 6, 2023
Press conference, Mar 6, 2023
Dominic LeBlanc
Major Projects Office. Fisheries 2015 to 2018
Caught once, recused 11 times. LeBlanc Report, Dec 2018: "contravened subsection 6(1)".
StoryCabinet
Marco Mendicino, Handgun freeze announcement, Oct 21, 2022
Handgun freeze announcement, Oct 21, 2022
Marco Mendicino
Public Safety 2021 to 2023
Asked who got rich off ArriveCAN: "Let us let CBSA do the full review" (Hansard, 24 Oct 2022).
RecordEx-cabinetPast
Bill Morneau, US-Canada Summit, Toronto, Apr 4, 2023
US-Canada Summit, Toronto, Apr 4, 2023
Bill Morneau
Finance 2015 to Aug 2020
Morneau II, 13 May 2021: contravened ss. 6(1), 7 and 21 over WE. $41,366 in WE travel repaid.
FindingEx-cabinetPast
Mary Ng, Collision conference, Toronto, May 21, 2019
Collision conference, Toronto, May 21, 2019
Mary Ng
International Trade to 2025
Dion: contravened ss. 6(1) and 21. Media-training contracts to a friend’s firm (Dec 2022).
StoryEx-cabinetPast

Associates: SDTC

Sustainable Development Technology Canada, the fund Conservative MPs call the "green slush fund" (their words). AG, 2024: $59.0M to 10 ineligible projects.
The cast
Gary Lunn, Economic Action Plan announcement, Mar 29, 2010
Economic Action Plan announcement, Mar 29, 2010
Gary Lunn
Director Dec 2012 to Feb 2021. Former Conservative minister
Director Dec 2012 to Feb 2021 (reported). Natural Resources and Sport minister under Harper (PARLINFO).
RecordPastConservative cabinet

The Conservative family

The leader’s seat
Stephen Harper, Special address, World Economic Forum, Davos, Jan 26, 2012
Special address, World Economic Forum, Davos, Jan 26, 2012
Stephen Harper
Prime Minister 2006 to 2015. Former leader. Calgary
25 Mar 2011: the House agreed, 156 to 145, that his government was in contempt of Parliament for failing to produce documents a committee and the House had ordered, and that it had lost the House's confidence.
RecordEx-cabinetAlbertaPast
Pierre Poilievre, On the Trudeau-Trump meeting, in a TVA Nouvelles video published, Dec 4, 2024
On the Trudeau-Trump meeting, in a TVA Nouvelles video published, Dec 4, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Leader of the Opposition. Harper-era minister
Compliance agreement with the Commissioner of Canada Elections, 4 Jul 2017: two 2015 government announcements he made as a minister, in a shirt with the party logo, "had the effect of circumventing the rule" on who may give to a party. Not an admission of guilt in the criminal sense, it says.
RecordEx-cabinet
Cabinet, current and former
Vic Toews, In the halls of Parliament, Ottawa, Oct 14, 2010
In the halls of Parliament, Ottawa, Oct 14, 2010
Vic Toews
Public Safety 2010 to 2013
Dawson: contravened ss. 35(1) and 34(1). Advised the side suing over his own Kapyong decision (Apr 2017).
StoryEx-cabinetPast
Caucus and former members
Mike Duffy, As a CTV journalist, before the Senate, Nov 11, 2007
As a CTV journalist, before the Senate, Nov 11, 2007
Mike Duffy
Senator 2009 to 2021
Suspended by the Senate without pay, 5 Nov 2013, for "gross negligence in the management of his parliamentary resources". Charged with 31 counts; on 21 Apr 2016 the court dismissed 27 and found him not guilty on the other 4.
FindingPast

The NDP family

The leader’s seat
Jagmeet Singh, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Aug 27, 2023
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Aug 27, 2023
Jagmeet Singh
Leader 2017 to Apr 2025
Voted against all three Conservative confidence motions of 2024 (Sep, Oct, Dec). On 25 Feb 2025 he reached six years as an MP, the minimum for an MP's pension.
RecordPast

The Green family

The leader’s seat
Elizabeth May, Green Party town hall, Guelph, Oct 8, 2015
Green Party town hall, Guelph, Oct 8, 2015
Elizabeth May
Leader. MP Saanich-Gulf Islands
Criminal contempt of court, the judge found, for defying the injunction at a Trans Mountain worksite, 23 Mar 2018. Fined $1,500 on 28 May 2018, above the $500 the Crown and her lawyers proposed.
Record

The Liberal family

Navdeep Bains, Collision conference, Toronto, May 22, 2019
Navdeep Bains
Innovation 2015 to 2021
Recommended SDTC’s chair to cabinet, 19 Jun 2019. The Commissioner later found she contravened the Act twice.
RecordEx-cabinetPast
Connected toAnnette Verschuren: Governor in Council appointment "on the Minister of Innovation’s recommendation", 19 Jun 2019
Bill Blair, Canada-U.S. wildland fire agreement signing, Jun 27, 2023
Bill Blair
Public Safety 2018 to 2021. Now High Commissioner, UK
Mass Casualty Commission: his call with the RCMP Commissioner was not political interference; it recommended a law to bar such direction.
FindingEx-cabinetPast
Randy Boissonnault, Speaking at NAIT, Edmonton, Nov 14, 2018
Randy Boissonnault
Employment. Left cabinet Nov 2024. Edmonton Centre
Three preliminary looks closed, no contravention. His ex-partner’s non-compliance started a contempt process (ETHI, 18 Sep 2024).
RecordEx-cabinetAlbertaPast
François-Philippe Champagne, US-Canada Summit, Toronto, Apr 4, 2023
François-Philippe Champagne
Finance. Innovation 2021 to 2025
An agency he answered for signed agreements worth a reported $327,796 with Bionest, the firm his father chairs. A Bank of China mortgage while at Foreign Affairs.
StoryCabinet
Connected toFrank Baylis: Recusal, 3 Feb 2022, over Boston Scientific’s purchase of Baylis Medical (public registry)SDTC: Industry minister SDTC reported through in 2023
Chrystia Freeland, Munich Security Conference, Feb 16, 2018
Chrystia Freeland
Finance 2020 to 2024. MP to 2026
Four fiscal anchors in four years. Elections Commissioner: she "unintentionally violated" the Act at two press conferences.
FindingEx-cabinetPast
Marco Mendicino, Handgun freeze announcement, Oct 21, 2022
Marco Mendicino
Public Safety 2021 to 2023
Asked who got rich off ArriveCAN: "Let us let CBSA do the full review" (Hansard, 24 Oct 2022).
RecordEx-cabinetPast

Associates: SDTC

Sustainable Development Technology Canada, the fund Conservative MPs call the "green slush fund" (their words). AG, 2024: $59.0M to 10 ineligible projects.

The Conservative family

The NDP family

The Green family

What changed

  • UpdateDocument captures describe what they show in full, under the picture.

  • UpdateThe Board shows the people and their records, without counts or tags of our own.

  • UpdateEach profile now gives a story its opening and a link, not the whole story twice.

All changes

  • UpdateAdded stories on Christiane Fox, Vic Toews, Mary Ng, Dean Del Mastro and Bruce Carson.

  • UpdateOn a phone, a party filter hides the rest, and tapping a pin lists its strings.

  • UpdateRemoved the note on strings still waiting for a document, on the board and record pages.

  • UpdateRemoved the note on where the photos came from; each photo keeps its credit.

  • PublishedPublished the board with nine stories.

  • UpdateAdded photos.

  • UpdateRemoved the empty seats.

  • UpdatePut the board on phones.

  • UpdatePut every party back on the board.

  • CorrectionChecked five cards against the court and Commons records and corrected them. The correction