Finance and National Revenue Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on April 14, 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champagne is brushing off Conservative calls for an investigation into his personal relationship with an Alto executive and the proposed high-speed rail project as “just politics.”
Michael Barrett, the Conservative ethics critic, is trying to get the ethics committee to summon Champagne and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein to answer questions.
