No Change! Same Old Liberals!

[blackbird]

40 minutes ago, herbie said:

they're held in trust, so therefore moot. Fake issue.

Really?   If a Prime Minister to be has a millions of dollars invested in a place like China, and it is now put in a so-called blind trust, are you saying it is "moot" or has no bearing on his job as a PM?   What if he becomes PM and has to make governing decisions that could affect his investments in some particular country?

"When a prime minister puts investments in a trust, it means they have to divest controlled assets by selling them or putting them into a blind trust within 120 days of taking office¹⁴. The blind trust is managed by a trustee who does not own the prime minister's assets but has the legal authority to manage and sell them³. However, some argue that a blind trust is a sham facade that does not prevent financial conflicts of interest⁵.

How can it not be a conflict of interest if the investments are still invested in the same places they were before he put them in a so-called blind trust?   If the investments are now managed by a trustee, where does it say anywhere that the investments are moved to some other country or some other type of investment?   A blind trust appears to mean only that the trustee has the authority or manage and sell them.   However, it does not say that the investments are moved somewhere else.  

For more information about this:

These are the assets disclosed by Canada's party leaders, and the rules that govern them | CBC News

Edited April 10 by blackbird

[WestCanMan]

18 minutes ago, herbie said:

they're held in trust, so therefore moot. Fake issue.

OMG.

Just FYI, he can continue to harm the continue economy (like he has with his anti-energy policies) to aid his conflicting investments while his investments are held in trust. 

[herbie]

Oh so you're worried he's going to make political decisions that make stocks crash so he can buy them cheap and then reverse decisions so they'll soar and he and his buddies make billions?
I thought you liked people like that.
Maybe he'll cancel the F35s and buy J20s from China so they don't serve him as Sweet&Sour Long Pork.

 

[CdnFox]

26 minutes ago, herbie said:

Oh so you're worried he's going to make political decisions that make stocks crash so he can buy them cheap and then reverse decisions so they'll soar and he and his buddies make billions?
I thought you liked people like that.
Maybe he'll cancel the F35s and buy J20s from China so they don't serve him as Sweet&Sour Long Pork.

 

no, they're worried that he'll promise $25 billion to invest in modular home construction and give it all to his modular home company that he owns stocks in through brookfield. Same with heat pumps. Which is the same thing he did in Europe according to him, get government to set policy that favors things he's already invested in and then make a fortune whether it works for the country or not

Jesus Herbie, this is the kind of rich industrialist capitalist who doesn't pay his taxes and scams the system to hurt the little guy that you and the NDP supposedly hate the hell out of. And here you are supporting him

[CouchPotato]

1 hour ago, CdnFox said:

no, they're worried that he'll promise $25 billion to invest in modular home construction and give it all to his modular home company that he owns stocks in through brookfield.

To be fair, I don't think the Liberals would just give a contract to Brookfield. They would likely first pay millions to a two-person hiring firm run in a someone's basement to sub-contract the work out to Brookfield.

[CdnFox]

52 minutes ago, CouchPotato said:

To be fair, I don't think the Liberals would just give a contract to Brookfield. They would likely first pay millions to a two-person hiring firm run in a someone's basement to sub-contract the work out to Brookfield.

I feel like such an amateur