The Commissioner for Legislative Standards has found there is no objective evidence that Premier Andrew Furey violated legislation or the MHA Code of Conduct with his trip to a fishing lodge owned by John Risley. Commissioner Ann Chafe released her report today, in response to a complaint filed by Opposition House Leader Barry Petten.
Petten wanted an investigation into whether Furey was in a conflict of interest for visiting Risley’s Labrador fishing lodge while Risely’s company, World Energy GH2, was seeking to establish a commercial wind-hydrogen project. Chafe wrote that the Clerk of the Executive Council firmed an ethical wall has been established to avoid placing Furey in conflict of interest. She also reviewed a receipt confirming that the trip was paid for by personal funds from his wife as a gift.