35. A member is bound to confidentiality regarding any matter brought to the member’s knowledge in the performance of the duties and must, at all times, preserve the confidentiality of the information received and protect that information. A member may not give to a third person the documents obtained in or in connection with the carrying out of the duties of office. A member may not use for the member’s own benefit or for the benefit of a third person the information and documents obtained in or in connection with the carrying out of the duties of office.
This section does not prevent a member from consulting or reporting to the contracting party that appointed the member or the entity that the member represents, except where the information is confidential by law or where the board of directors requires that confidentiality be maintained.
1535-2022O.C. 1535-2022, s. 35.