Integrity watchdog cozy with top bureaucrats, documents suggest

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The watchdog created to independently investigate allegations of wrongdoing within government appears to have a cozy relationship with top bureaucrats and cabinet ministers.

Letters and e-mails obtained by The Canadian Press show former public-sector integrity commissioner Christiane Ouimet sought a meeting with Treasury Board President Stockwell Day and did meet with his predecessor, Vic Toews.

She also met with top bureaucrat Wayne Wouters, against the advice of her predecessor, who warned she needed to maintain a healthy distance from the apparatus of government.

But the cozy relationship appears to have continued since Ms. Ouimet's departure.

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