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OTTAWA — Opposition MPs and a lobby industry watchdog said Friday that a “conflict of interest screen” isn’t an adequate tool to prevent a potential or real conflict of interest involving Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.

The Conservatives called Friday for a ruling on whether the minister’s husband, Tim Raybould, should simply withdraw from his role as lobbyist on behalf of two B.C. First Nations organizations.

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Tory MP Blaine Calkins sent a letter to Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd after Wilson-Raybould filed a disclosure statement saying she still has a “significant interest” in KaLoNa Group, a company the couple jointly owns.

As part of the minister’s filing, she has agreed to a “conflict of interest screen” to prevent her from becoming involved in any decisions involving her husband’s clients.

An expert on self-government with a doctorate from Cambridge, Raybould registered in late January to lobby the federal departments of Finance and Indigenous Affairs on behalf of the Westbank First Nation in Kelowna. One of his objectives, according to his filing with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, is to take part in negotiations on fiscal transfers to the Westbank First Nation.