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Originally Posted by GGG
This is a ridiculous complaint.
PP here is exactly what the law should be. Politicians should only be able to hold total market index funds weighted to the economy with some home country bias. This is exactly how you remove conflicts of interest.
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Can we talk about the stupidity of wanting proven successful people to run our country as one of the key talking points for decades (he's a just drama teacher). But successful people are going to have substantial business holdings. But we are going to scrutinized and make baseless accusations about their ethics related to their business holdings (as long as they aren't playing for our team).
It's just such a stupid line of reasoning, or as they say, have your cake and eat it too.
Again
Is Carney Successful? Yes
Is he Rich? Yes he's successful
Does he have money invested in businesses? Yes, he's rich
Do those businesses employ finance professionals to reduce their tax burden? Yes it's a business with investors.
Does government policy effect those business? Yes they operate in Canada, or sell good into Canada, or Buy resources from Canada.
Is Poilievre Successful? I guess so
Is he Rich? I guess he's successful
Does he have money invested in businesses? Yes, he's rich
Do those businesses employ finance professionals to reduce their tax burden? Yes it's a business with investors.
Does government policy effect those business? Yes they operate in Canada, or sell good into Canada, or Buy resources from Canada.
The substitution works either way you look at it.