
Hurly-burly nonsense around Carney’s assets is standard politicking—and a shame
The federal ethics commissioner recently released information about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s financial holdings, and how he will seek to avoid conflicts related to making decisions around them. The opposition—unsurprisingly—are pouncing, suggesting Carney divest himself of all that he currently has and put it in one blind trust so he can’t consciously or subconsciously make decisions that could benefit his...