“Blatant flaunting of ethics laws, and especially repeated breaking of our conflict of interest rules, deserve a stiff punishment. Small mistakes, genuine paperwork errors, should still be assessed proportionate, minor penalties. But major breaches should be recognized as such, and punished accordingly.”

Canadian politician and lawyer

Leslyn Ann Lewis is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Since 2021, she has served as the member of Parliament for Haldimand, Norfolk, and she is a member of the Conservative Party. Lewis ran for the Conservative leadership in 2020 and again in 2022, finishing third each time. She was the first visible minority woman to seek the party’s federal leadership. Her public profile has also included work as infrastructure critic, and in 2025 Pierre Poilievre cited her as a key figure on his front bench.