Good morning, Konrad Winrich von Finckenstein, a former chair of Canada’s broadcasting regulator, has been named interim federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, after the government’s previous pick for the role resigned amid concern about the appropriateness of the appointment. The commissioner’s office announced von Finckenstein’s six-month appointment yesterday. The ethics commissioner administers the federal Conflict of Interest Act and helps elected and appointed officials avoid conflicts between their public duties and private interests. A former Federal Court justice, von Finckenstein is the second interim commissioner named since the position’s last permanent occupant, Mario Dion, stepped down in February,...