Carney set up a blind trust, screens to avoid conflicts of interest. Is that enough? [Video]

When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Mark Carney this week of being beholden to China, it was the latest in a series of barbs he’s thrown at the Liberal leader’s past corporate stints and personal financial holdings.

But it also raised questions as to whether the former board chair of Brookfield Asset Management, who may currently hold millions of dollars worth of stock in the company, has done enough to avoid potential conflicts.

“The solution to Poilievre’s criticisms is that Carney needs to sit down with the ethics commissioner and talk about … the idea that his his [stock] options aren’t going anywhere, likely,” said Ian Stedman, a lawyer and associate professor who specializes in government ethics at York University’s School of Public Policy and Administration.

“If there is something that can directly benefit the bottom line of Brookfield, and he knows it can, he shouldn’t be involved with the …