“The ethics committee told the Prime Minister to sell his Brookfield investments. His blind trust is not truly blind because he can still make millions from it. Will he listen to the committee and sell them?”

“Mr. Speaker, the ethics committee has issued a report calling on the Prime Minister to divest himself from Brookfield. Now, the Prime Minister has set up a blind trust, but the problem is that it is not truly blind, because the Prime Minister stands to make millions from stock options and future bonus pay from an investment fund that he personally set up while he was at Brookfield. Will the Prime Minister finally do the right thing and divest himself from Brookfield, or is he going to defy the direction of the ethics committee?”

“The Prime Minister helped an investment firm hide billions in offshore tax havens before he took office. He can still make millions from that firm through his investments while he makes government decisions. Will he sell those assets so he no longer has a conflict of interest?”

“Mr. Speaker, in a review of the Conflict of Interest Act, the ethics committee heard that while the Prime Minister was Trudeau’s economic adviser and chair of Brookfield, he set up one of Canada’s largest tax-dodging schemes by hiding $5.3 billion in offshore tax havens. Brookfield’s CEO also confirmed that the Prime Minister will make millions from what is in his blind trust by aligning public policy with Brookfield’s strategy. The committee recommended that the Prime Minister divest his holdings to ensure that he is acting in the best interests of the country and not his personal self-interest. Will the Prime Minister divest his Brookfield assets to eliminate his conflicts of interest?”

“Our ethics laws let politicians make decisions that help them make money. The Prime Minister could make millions from his own choices. Will he promise to close this loophole?”

“Mr. Speaker, the ethics committee also recommended that the general application provisions of the Conflict of Interest Act need to change. That means that a public office holder, including a highly conflicted prime minister, can be involved in decisions they benefit from personally, even though they are in conflict. Brookfield’s COO again confirmed that the Prime Minister will make millions from public policy decisions that align with Brookfield’s strategies. Will this Liberal Prime Minister commit today to address this loophole in the law so Canadians have confidence that he is making decisions in the best interests of the country, not his own or Brookfield’s?”