The Canadian Press: Champagne’s partner, Anne-Marie Gaudet, is a vice-president of environment at Alto, the Crown corporation responsible for the $90-billion rail project that would connect Toronto and Quebec City. She was hired in August 2025.
Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett tried to launch a study at the ethics committee to question Champagne, the CEO of Alto Martin Imbleau and Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein about the minister’s relationship with Gaudet and the decisions he’s made in government since she was hired…