OTTAWA – The federal judicial watchdog issued an “expression of concern” but declined to further sanction an Ontario Superior Court judge who made multiple donations to the Liberal Party of Canada while on the bench.

In a decision published Thursday, a three-person review panel of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) confirmed a National Post and Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF) report last year that Ontario Superior Court Justice Diana Piccoli had made multiple donations totalling at least $700 to the Liberals after her appointment in 2019.