A unanimous vote by the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to penalize former Tory premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers for breaking conflict of interest legislation was met with silence from the lawbreakers Wednesday.

Stefanson did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday after being fined $18,000, becoming the province’s first premier penalized under the legislation enacted in October 2023.

Members of the legislature voted unanimously Tuesday to fine the province’s first female premier for her part in trying to license the controversial Sio Silica sand mine in the short period between her government loss in the October 2023 election and the incoming NDP government’s swearing-in.

In May, when ethics commissioner Jeffrey Schnoor issued his 100-page report concludi

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