Canada is on the cusp of a pivotal federal election. But voters will go to the polls with little information about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s leadership campaign donors and his potential conflicts of interest. The Liberal leader says he is following the rules and has shifted his assets into a blind trust.
This week’s guest, Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch, says that is not good enough. In a March 19 interview, Conacher told host Bob Mackin that Canadians have the right to know, now. But the system is riddled with secrecy, loopholes and lax enforcement that allows politicians to profit from their decisions.
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