The Prime Minister’s Exemption for Carbon Tax Carney

Carbon Tax Carney’s appointment as de-facto finance minister is another of the same integrity breaches this Liberal-NDP Government is famous for.

By naming Mark Carney an advisor to the “Leader of the Liberal Party” rather than to “the Prime Minister”, Mr. Carney does not have to divest – or even disclose – his many corporate interests that could benefit from the financial advice he gives to Mr. Trudeau.

It is the very definition of a conflict of interest.

Just days after the appointment, we have already seen the conflict. Mr. Carney is the chair of Brookfield Asset Management, a company that is seeking $10 billion from the federal government (and another $36 billion from our pension funds) for an investment fund Brookfield would administer. Mr. Carney has $1 million in stock options with Brookfield. He could obviously benefit personally if his company administered $46 billion in funds that belong to you and me.

Why did the Prime Minister exempt his de-facto finance minister from conflict-of-interest rules?

I asked that question in Question Period on September 20.

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See the transcript of Greg’s question and the answer in Hansard.