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Quebec justice minister faces ethics probe after naming friend to provincial court
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is facing an ethics investigation after appointing his friend as a provincial court judge.
Ethics commissioner Ariane Mignolet opened an investigation after receiving a complaint from the Liberal party regarding the nomination of Charles-Olivier Gosselin to Quebec court.
The probe was launched after Le Soleil newspaper reported that Jolin-Barrette had been a guest at Gosselin’s marriage in 2015.
Jolin-Barrette has admitted to not informing the premier or the cabinet that he and Gosselin were friends.