The Liberals faced a deluge of questions from the Conservatives over a Globe and Mail report that the Prime Minister is again trying to recruit former central banker Mark Carney into his government
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney speaks to reporters at the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 10.Conservatives accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of throwing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland under the bus just days before she is set to table the fall economic update, as he tries to recruit former central banker Mark Carney into his government.
“After months of reports that the Prime Minister wanted to turf Canada’s first female finance minister, we find out today that he’s in talks to put an unelected, conflict-of-interest-riddled-man into the role,” charged Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner. The Globe and Mail is not identifying the sources who were not authorized to discuss the private talks.
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