Manitoba has a new Ethics Commissioner.

 

Sherri Walsh has been appointed to serve as the province’s Ethics Commissioner, as well as Information and Privacy Adjudicator and Lobbyist Registrar.

 

The appointment was recommended by the all-party Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs and later confirmed by the Legislative Assembly.

 

Walsh brings decades of legal experience to the role, including work as a litigator, mediator and commissioner.

 

She previously served as the City of Winnipeg’s first Integrity Commissioner, where she helped establish systems focused on ethics and accountability for elected officials.

 

Walsh will officially begin her new role on May 1st.