Conservatives call for scrutiny of Mark Carney over firm’s pension proposal

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre and other Conservatives called for additional scrutiny of Mark Carney following his appointment as an economic advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Brookfield Asset Management, the firm which he chairs, pitched a proposal for a multi-billion-dollar investment fund. The $50-billion asset fund would be seeded by as much as $10 billion in federal dollars, with the rest coming from Canada’s large pension funds. “Isn’t he a walking, talking conflict of interest,” Poilievre said, adding that the economic task force Carney heads up only has one member. “On that side of the house, they get their foreign policy advice from Elon Musk and from Tucker Carlson,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland pushed back. Michelle Rempel, Conservative MP for Calgary Nosehill, pushed further, asking if the Liberal government or Brookfield had cleared any of the firms activities with the lobbying commissioner. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #poilievre #carney #cdnpoli