Conservatives push Carney to disclose personal investments

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As Prime Minister Mark Carney focuses on shoring-up alliances abroad, the opposition here at home is demanding more transparency on Carney's financial dealings.   The Conservative party says Carney should immediately disclose all his personal investments. As Carney tells Global News, he's placed his assets into a blind trust.   Our David Akin reports on the politics of the Liberal leader’s finances.  For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11080497/conservative-digital-campaign-carney/  Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #MarkCarney #Conservatives

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00:00Good morning. We're here today because Mark Carney has failed to come clean with Canadians

00:09about his financial interests and his conflicts of interest.

00:13The Conservatives have been trying to make this point for weeks, that Mark Carney's financial

00:18assets, especially stocks or stock options he holds in his former employer, Brookfield

00:23Asset Management, ought to be a matter of public record.

00:27True allegiance to his majesty, King Charles III, King of Canada.

00:32Especially since he's now the Prime Minister.

00:35Why does that matter? When it comes to public office holders like the Prime Minister and

00:40like ministers, they're supposed to recuse themselves from anything that would cause

00:46them to be in a conflict of interest.

00:49Carney was in Montreal Sunday, marching in a St. Patrick's Day parade. After that, he

00:53met with Quebec Premier Francois Legault. He wasn't taking questions from reporters

00:58Sunday, but...

00:59Prime Minister Carney, I'm Gillian Piper with Global News.

01:02Global News did ask him about his finances after his swearing in.

01:06How can Canadians know that there's no conflict of interest if they don't know where the assets

01:09come from?

01:10The assets are in a blind trust. So, and can I point out that for those who don't follow

01:15this, I have six months to put, or 120 days to put the assets in a blind trust. I already

01:21have put the assets in a blind trust.

01:24Still, he has not provided details about the kind of assets he put into that trust, their

01:29value or the identity of the trustee.

01:32The assets that I have were earned through employment. Employment income, employment

01:38as a public servant and employment in the private sector. And I would note as well that

01:44employment in the private sector is something that the leader of the opposition has never

01:47experienced.

01:48Now, many of the details journalists and Carney's political opponents are seeking now will

01:54eventually come to light. The law requires the ethics commissioner to publish them, but

01:59not until September, well after an election expected to be over by the end of April.

02:06Jeff.

02:07All right. David Akin in Ottawa. Thanks, David.

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