Only two ministers ever held indirect assets without a blind trust: Dawson
OTTAWA — Conflict of interest commissioner Mary Dawson says Finance Minister Bill Morneau is the only Liberal cabinet minister who currently holds indirect assets without a blind trust in place.
In addition, Dawson says the only other cabinet minister in the current government who ever held indirect shares without a blind trust was Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, but she has since sold those assets.
It is the clearest statement Dawson has provided to date in the cat-and-mouse game between opposition parties and the Liberal government about which cabinet ministers may be at risk of a conflict of interest.
“There has been much attention given to the number of cabinet ministers who indirectly hold controlled assets and do not have a blind trust,” Dawson said in a written statement issued to the media.