However, Wilson-Raybould doesn’t have a blind trust, an arrangement whereby someone’s assets are managed by an independent body as a way to prevent a conflict of interest. The Globe and Mail reported Monday that Dawson’s office confirmed fewer than five cabinet ministers currently hold controlled assets indirectly. The New Democrats and Conservatives pressed Trudeau Monday to identify the other cabinet ministers they charged were using a “loophole” to maintain control of their investments. “It is incredibly important to know who these cabinet ministers are. Only under a firestorm of political criticism did he offer to follow the prime minister’s lead and put all those shares in a blind trust.

Source: thestar October 30, 2017 21:01 UTC