Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is riddled with conflicts of interest, and companies like Brookfield are raking it in while he is at the helm. Not only did the Prime Minister help his company avoid paying $6.5 billion in taxes, but it is now also Canada's greatest tax-dodger. Is it a bike shop in Bermuda? That is no problem. Is it a couple of tax havens in the Cayman Islands? It will use anything to keep Brookfield outside the reach of the CRA.
Ordinary Canadians are struggling to put food on their plates and a roof over their heads, while the Prime Minister's elite friends just keep benefiting. His so-called ethics screen is mostly a joke. The ethics committee found that 95% of Brookfield's companies, nearly 1,900 of them, are not included. If they perform well, the Prime Minister is going to reap the reward. It is no wonder he wants to help them. Instead of avoiding questions, as he helped Brookfield avoid taxes, the Prime Minister needs to come clean.
Is the Prime Minister here to serve Canadians or Brookfield and himself? Conservatives will not stop asking questions. We will expose this sleaziness and fight to make sure that it stops.