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2025 Federal Election - 28 Apr 25

Maxman1 said:
Apparently they don't own stock in Brookfield directly, they own exchange traded funds that hold Brookfield, among other companies.

Either way, it's not at all the same as being chairman and having millions in options.
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Man, don't let that get in the way of white washing the attempt of the former chairman who wants to be Prime Minister that holds so many conflicts of interest he needs a screen set up for his blind trust and set an election date before the 120 day statutory disclosure period was up so the public didn't get to see how deep the conflicts hole is. Not to mention he led that company that hid upwards of $5B CAD from taxes but claims to empathize with regular Canadians.

Definitely the exact same thing as currently serving MPs who have disclosed their assets legally and sometimes for years.
 
PuckChaser said:
Prime Minister that holds so many conflicts of interest he needs a screen set up for his blind trust and set an election date before the 120 day statutory disclosure period was up so the public didn't get to see how deep the conflicts hole is.
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Canadians never will either. After 120 days he only has to disclose what he currently has, not disclose anything he rushed to put in the blund trust since it's technically no longer his. Pretty clever when you think of it.
 
PuckChaser said:
Man, don't let that get in the way of white washing the attempt of the former chairman who wants to be Prime Minister that holds so many conflicts of interest he needs a screen set up for his blind trust and set an election date before the 120 day statutory disclosure period was up so the public didn't get to see how deep the conflicts hole is. Not to mention he led that company that hid upwards of $5B CAD from taxes but claims to empathize with regular Canadians.

Definitely the exact same thing as currently serving MPs who have disclosed their assets legally and sometimes for years.
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As I pointed out a few pages ago, he was not CEO, or chairman, he was the vice Chairman, and he certainly wasn't CFO. Do you have any proof he directly led efforts to put money into off shore tax havens?
 
Fishbone Jones said:
Posted the wrong link in the first one

Actual article - Why The Damaging RCMP Open Letter To Mark Carney Matters » Mac's Opinion
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At the heart of this scandal is the misuse of On-Device Investigative Technology (ODIT), a powerful spyware tool used by CSIS and the RCMP. This technology, meant for serious cases like terrorism or imminent threats, was deployed against Canadians who posed no danger—including Sgt. Peter Merrifield, a serving RCMP officer and union leader. Merrifield, a witness in an RCMP investigation, had his union cell phone targeted during collective bargaining, a clear violation of labour rights and ministerial directives. The RCMP knew Merrifield’s personal phone was the one relevant to their investigation, yet they deliberately targeted his union devices, accessing privileged bargaining materials.
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Canadians seem to care more about Trump lieutenants using Signal.
 
MilEME09 said:
As I pointed out a few pages ago, he was not CEO, or chairman, he was the vice Chairman, and he certainly wasn't CFO. Do you have any proof he directly led efforts to put money into off shore tax havens?
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He led the impact fund investment program. When your troops screw up, the leadership gets covered in crap too. If he thought there was something wrong, he should have left.

Stating a vice chairman has no knowledge or impact on decision making like that is absolutely ridiculous. He even could have stated "I heard about the Bermuda thing, raised the issue numerous times and was voted down." And the whole thing goes away because he at least took a stand against shady ethics. I bet his options and paycheque got in the way of any ethical concerns though.
 
OldSolduer said:
Kevin is a US citizen.

Is Meyers?
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For the record, yes - as well as Canadian and British ....
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Meanwhile, the latest on that whole "Team Blue's machine seems to have picked who they wanted, not who the constituency association wanted" unpleasantness in B.C.: outgoing Tory endorses independent, not Team Blue candidate.
globalnews.ca

Outgoing B.C. Conservative MP Ed Fast endorses independent Mike de Jong | Globalnews.ca

De Jong, who won eight terms in the B.C. legislature and held several cabinet posts, announced last month that he would be running as an Independent in Abbotsford-South Langley.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca
Also archived here.
 
Jarnhamar said:
nationalpost.com

Carney defends Brookfield's use of Bermuda tax shelters, says structure helped pensioners

Liberal Leader Mark Carney defended Wednesday putting two green investment funds in an offshore tax haven while an executive at Brookfield.
nationalpost.com nationalpost.com
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I haven't been following this specific issue particularly closely, but is there any suggestion that anything Carney did while working at Brookfield was actually illegal?

If not, was he not just following the existing rules as they are to maximize the profit of the company of which he was an executive? Isn't that the fiduciary responsibility of a board member, to maximize the profits of the company for the shareholders? I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been brought on the board with the objective of maximizing Canadian tax remittances. If the rules of the game are such that they encourage companies to move their assets offshore then hate the game, not the players.

To be clear I will be voting for the Conservative Party this election (despite my personal opinion of PP) and would like to see the Liberals kicked to the curb until the rotten, woke, virtue signaling, financially illiterate core is driven out of the party. However, I don't think that complaining about a business making financial decisions that are in the best interest of the business and its shareholders carries much weight. Now if someone can demonstrate that what he and the company did was in any way illegal then that's another story.
 
GR66 said:
I haven't been following this specific issue particularly closely, but is there any suggestion that anything Carney did while working at Brookfield was actually illegal?
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Not at all. He's been very upfront about following the law. It's one of those legally allowable loopholes big businesses take advantage of.
 
KevinB said:
FIFY

The larger question is should those rules exist?
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It's the feeling of average people that many of these rules are unfair that lead to movements like MAGA in the US. It's just unfortunate for Americans that they chose a big businessman/extremely wealthy individual as their leader to solve the problem...oops!
 
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