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Nepotism graph — family and business links on the appointment record.

This file maps publicly documented familial and business relationships across federal appointments and related roles. Edges require a primary (Order in Council, disclosure, corporate filing). A graph edge is not proof of illegal nepotism — it is a research lead.

Investigations hub Appointments registry Network analysis Ethics findings Evidence

Scale · method

How to read the graph.

EdgesDocumented links onlyFamily · business · co-appointment

GICAppointment instrumentsOrders in Council · notices

Not guiltGraph ≠ crimeLead generation for open sources

YouVerifyOpen each edge primary

Evidence table · FACT only

What is established.

Fact	Source class
Federal appointments are public when published as OICs or appointment notices.	Primary Privy Council · Gazette
Conflict of Interest Act requires disclosure of certain family and business interests for reporting public office holders.	Primary COI Act · CIE
Corporate ownership and directorships appear in federal/provincial registries and SEDAR+ filings.	Primary Corporations Canada · SEDAR+
TENET5 graph edges must cite one of the above classes or they are not facts.	Method This file’s discipline

Analysis · labeled inference

Networks are real — nepotism is a legal claim.

On the record: appointments, disclosures, corporate links.

Inference (labeled): dense family/business clustering around public power is a capture risk signal. Illegal nepotism requires the applicable statute and proof of improper preference.

Schema

Scope: Disclosures from the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's public registry, the Lobbying Commissioner's registry, corporate filings (Corporations Canada / provincial registrars), and judicial declarations. No inferred edges; every link is a cited public document.

PERSON · LINK · COUNTERPARTY	Status	Primary Source
Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (OCIEC)	Reachable HTTP 200 · `sha256:14029a4a4b5f…` · 2026-04-27T23:59:35Z	https://ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca/
Registry of Lobbyists — Canada	Reachable HTTP 200 · `sha256:ede5b166958c…` · 2026-04-27T23:59:35Z	https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/
House of Commons — Members	Reachable HTTP 200 · `sha256:3d9bc2a6acb3…` · 2026-04-27T23:59:35Z	https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en
Senate of Canada — Senators	Reachable HTTP 200 · `sha256:739c66b853f2…` · 2026-04-27T23:59:35Z	https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/
Open Government — Search portal (appointments)	Reachable HTTP 200 (refreshed) (via referer) · `sha256:05af77859e7d…` · 2026-04-28T00:10:45Z	https://search.open.canada.ca/opendata/?search_text=appointments
PCO — Governor in Council Appointments portal	Reachable HTTP 200 (refreshed) (via referer) · `sha256:18cc7f80fca9…` · 2026-04-28T00:10:45Z	https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/programs/appointments.html
REGISTRY UNDER COMPILATION No rows are published yet. The schema is locked and the source-or-omit contract is enforced — entries will appear here only when each row carries its verified primary-source citation. Do not infer absence of evidence as evidence of absence; check back as the registry populates.

Source-or-Omit Contract

Every published row of this registry must carry:

A primary-source URL on the relevant .gc.ca, provincial-government domain, or canlii.org.
A retrieval timestamp (ISO-8601 UTC).
A content_sha256 hash of the source artifact at retrieval time, persisted to the site provenance ledger.

Editorial inference, paywalled sources, and unverified claims are excluded by schema. This is a recording of what public bodies say about themselves — not commentary.

Right of reply. If you are a named officer or body and the public source we cite is incorrect or has been superseded, send the corrected primary-source URL via the methodology page and the row will be updated with the new citation in the next publication cycle.

Sources

Primary records on this file.

Nepotism Graph — Cross-Appointment Familial & Business Links.

Sources