On March 21, 2018, the Senate Ethics Officer commenced an inquiry under the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators (the "Code") into certain allegations that Senator Lynn Beyak breached the Code by posting certain materials on her Senate website.
The decision that an inquiry into this matter is warranted was made as a result of a preliminary review initiated on January 18, 2018.
Where a matter is of public interest, the Senate Ethics Officer may use his discretion, pursuant to section 54 of the Code, to inform the public as to whether or not a matter is under preliminary review or inquiry, but shall not provide any further information.
The Senate Ethics Officer has no further comments about this matter at this time.