Opposition questions who paid for government’s NHL tickets and whether it’s a conflict of interest [Video]

P.E.I. government MLAs could have breached the Conflict of Interest Act if they accepted tickets to NHL games or other gifts without claiming them on their public disclosure statements, opposition MLAs charged in the legislature Wednesday.

The Conflict of Interest Act says all MLAs have to declare any gifts worth $200 or more, and they can’t accept any gifts or personal benefits “connected directly or indirectly with the performance of the member’s duties of office.”

The issue was raised as the provincial government continued to defend the three-year, multimillion-dollar contract it signed with the NHL last winter to make Prince Edward Island the league’s “official travel destination.”

The deal has sparked heated debate in the P.E.I. Legislature this week as questions swirled about who paid for MLAs’ tickets to games and functions, along with the overall cost of deal.

Zack Bell, who was not the tourism minister when the deal …