Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to sell all the assets held in his blind trust to prevent potential conflicts of interest.
Carney established a blind trust after being sworn in as prime minister in March and the details of how it operates were disclosed on July 11 by the ethics commissioner of Canada.
The disclosure states that Carney and the commissioner reached an agreement on a conflict of interest screen designed to prevent him from making any decisions which might benefit Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) where he was formerly vice chairman, Brookfield Corporation, Stripe where he was on the board of directors, or any company controlled by the parent companies….