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Originally Posted by Firebot
The irony of some usual posters all huffy and puffy because notorious CBC "hard right winger" Rosemary Barton asked a very normal follow up question to a snarky deflection by Carney on what was a pretty softball question by Stephanie Levitz really says it all.
Considering all the partisan conspiracy theories into why Poilievre never got his security clearance and very defensive of some narrative questions to Poilievre by reporters in the past, they should theoretically be pretty objective about what should be rather benign questions on Carney's assets that he eventually needs to disclose anyways if they weren't partisan. With the blatant corruption happening down south, being a little prudent with our prime minister to avoid conflicts of interest is a good idea, past, current and potential future ones.
But good to know the CBC is now wrong and these were boneheaded reporter questions  Not like this has not been in question ever or reported on.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mar...rust-1.7480909
The problem comes is that Carney is in a particular spot that is not covered as he just took office as PM recently without being elected (does not need to disclose his assets as a result), and may get elected prime minister for 4 years without needing to disclose his assets for Canadians to review until after he's elected the way the rules are written. In the meantime, he's prime minister with these undisclosed assets. Carney's claim that a blind trust is enough in his current situation may be technically true, but it's leaving questions unanswered on information that would normally be available publicly to Canadians but are not.
Poilievre for example has full disclosure available publicly
https://prciec-rpccie.parl.gc.ca/EN/...b-002655368060
Of course Barton being a little snarky herself about Conservatives suddenly cheering her on.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1901787122639438043 |
The thing is, you don’t find out the values. Like all you’re going to find out is that he has Brookfield Shares or RSUs (for example), and there are no values. We know the assets that Poilievre has (some ETFs including a Bitcoin ETF and some rental property), but that’s all you find out. So really, it’s just much ado about nothing.