MPs push Carney to sell holdings amid Conflict of Interest Act rewrite

Pressure is mounting to have Prime Minister Mark Carney sell off his millions in stock holdings after MPs called to have Parliament rewrite the Conflict of Interest Act.

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First covered by Blacklock’s Reporter, Conservative MP John Brassard announced during an ethics committee on Friday that he wrote a Supplementary Opinion saying the prime minister’s refusal to sell his stocks was “troubling” in a report to Parliament.

“Conservatives have serious concerns about the Prime Minister’s unprecedented c…