Does Mark Carney really have 574 conflicts of interest? | About That

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he followed all the rules about disclosing his financial assets — now held in a blind trust — but Pierre Poilievre and Opposition MPs say his holdings are rife with conflicts of interest. Andrew Chang explains why Carney's connections to companies like Brookfield Asset Management and Westinghouse may or may not pose a problem, and how much of what Carney and the opposition claim is actually true.

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0:00 Intro
00:52 574 conflicts?
3:48 Brookfield Asset Management
7:15 Blind trusts and screens
12:20 A question of trust

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