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[–] DancesOnGraves@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

If he cashes out of his investments, then what does PP expect him to do, hold a massive cash position, and eat inflation?

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

His quote is one sentence, and if you hold on to the end (I know, it's hard) you'll see your answer.

"We're calling on the Prime Minister to sell his investments, turn them into cash, hand them to a trustee who can invest them in a way that is completely blind to him so that he does not have any knowledge of what he owns," Poilievre said.

I wish people would stop rushing to shit their opinions out based on headlines

[–] DancesOnGraves@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He's already holding his investments in a blind trust. If he CASHED out his blind trust, then what is he supposed to do?

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think Pierre's goalpost moving is stupid and I don't agree with him but he's saying that it be converted to cash and then reinvested so that Carney doesn't know what's in it.

Handing your existing assets to a trust, you don't generally expect them to randomize your entire portfolio, so of course it'll be similar to what you put in at the time you get it back

Nobody else has ever been expected to do this and it's a bullshit bad faith argument, but that's his reasoning

[–] DancesOnGraves@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

And why would the chosen investment strategy be any different from what he already had....? Like, whoever he chooses to manage the trust is going to be aligned with whatever Carney's preferred investment strategy is... and if that hasn't changed, the portfolio is going to look quite similar. Adding an extra step where you cash out and buy back similar assets... it's silly.

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