Tuesday October 31, 2017
Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday October 31, 2017
Morneau not the only cabinet minister using conflict-of-interest loophole
The office of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson wouldn’t identify who else at the cabinet table holds controlled assets indirectly. It would only confirm “fewer than five cabinet ministers” do so, and they are not required to sell those assets off or put them in a blind trust.
After being dogged by controversy over the shares and his use of private corporations to hold his assets, Morneau announced earlier this month that he would place his assets in a blind trust and divest shares worth about $20 million in his family-built company.