Six Conservative MPs, including the party’s deputy leader, disclosed last year they personally invested in companies related to Brookfield Corp., despite attacking Liberal Leader Mark Carney for his work chairing one of its spinoff companies.

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      The idea was to attract pension fund investment into the Canadian economy, not to give away the pension fund.

      The creation of a multi-billion-dollar investment fund seeded with federal government money and designed to attract additional investments from Canada’s large pension plans is among ideas put forward as former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz pursues his mandate to help Ottawa find ways to direct pension billions into the Canadian economy, according to two sources with knowledge of the proposal.

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        It’s how I read it too. Now there’s still a question of what Brookfield would make from this and whether that’s the best way to invest this capital in Canada but that question stands with any investment scheme. There’s no way to know that since it seems all this is ideation at this point.

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      Doesn’t seem to be about handing over our pensions to Brookfield. It’s about some scheme to create a fund that pension plans can invest some of their money in, which directs money into the Canadian economy. Whether it’ll materialize or not, it woulds unclear. It seems like Steven Poloz initiated the idea. Probably that’s why they’re not talk to about it, doesn’t sound like much of a heavy hitter.

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    Conservatives are the dumbest of dumb! Lowest IQ’s on the planet

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      This is exactly why PP wants to axe CBC. He can’t hide in the shadows when they keep ratting him out.

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        There a local conservative in my area hanging signs that read “Carney’s Broadcasted Campaign”

        It so sad that trying to protect a national broadcaster is being painted as if its a liberal propaganda channel

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          No shit. They do report on when the liberals and doing fucked up shit, it’s just that the conservatives do it so much more.

          Like right, Carney invented the CBC… ok there, little pp