Martine Richard is a Canadian public servant who served as the interim conflict of interest and ethics commissioner of Canada.
[4][5] Prior to her appointment as interim commissioner, Richard worked in the commissioner's office since 2013,[6] having served as a senior legal adviser and investigator since 2015.
[7][8][9] In 2018, Richard also recused herself from an investigation of LeBlanc in which he was found to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act for awarding a lucrative fishing licence to a company linked to his wife's cousin.
[10][11] On 18 April 2023, a motion was passed at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to review the appointment and require Richard and LeBlanc to testify.
[2] The following day, Richard resigned as ethics commissioner, returning to her previous role as a lawyer in the ethics commissioner's office.