As the election campaign enters its fourth week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is continuing to attack Liberal Leader Mark Carney over ethics while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising more help for northern Ontarians.
At a news conference in Ottawa on Sunday morning, Poilievre accused Carney of shady behaviour and claimed the Liberal leader “refuses to tell Canadians what investments he continues to own or even where he pays his taxes.”
Carney is the former board chair of Brookfield Asset Management, which is one of Canada’s largest publicly traded companies. According to Brookfield’s latest financial filings, Carney held stock options worth $6.8 million at the end of December.
The Liberal leader has repeatedly said that aside from cash and real estate, all his assets are in a blind trust, which he has no control over. Carney has not said what exactly those investments included.
In a press release sent out Sunday, the Conservatives promised to strengthen the …