Brookfield execs ‘obstruct’ Parliament, dodge testimony on Carney's offshore tax havens

Subhead:Conservative MPs demand transparency on Prime Minister Carney’s Brookfield offshore investments amid allegations of tax evasion and conflicts of interest.#

 

The Canadian Press / Adrian Wyld

Conservative MPs persist in demanding information on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Brookfield investments, a request the Liberals continue to evade.

“Top executives at the Prime Minister’s company Brookfield are defying an order of this House to testify in committee about his use of offshore tax havens,” Conservative MP Michael Cooper told the House Friday afternoon, saying it was “tantamount to contempt of Parliament.”

“Will the Prime Minister pick up the phone and tell his pals at Brookfield to comply with the House order, or is he complicit in the cover-up?” Cooper asked, though he did not receive a direct response on the matter.

Carney was absent, so his parliamentary secretary, MP Rachel Bendayan, responded.

Bendayan pivoted to discuss job creation under the Liberal government. “The news today was that we created 67,000 jobs [this month]. It is great news—we are growing the economy.” She also claimed Budget 2025 made “historic investments” in Canadians.

“Evidently, he [Carney] is complicit,” Cooper dug in. “Here are the facts: The Prime Minister was chair of the company that is Canada’s largest tax dodger. Not only that, he set up investment funds in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands in which he stands to make millions.”

Carney earlier defended Brookfield’s creation of $30 billion in Cayman Islands and Bermuda funds to maximize taxpayer returns.

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