Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the constituents of my hometown in Kitchener South—Hespeler, and I am grateful to them.
Let me tell members something about the folks in Kitchener South—Hespeler. They are honest, hard-working people who do not like a tax cheat. They remember how, back in 2016, Donald Trump shockingly refused to release his tax returns to the public. Thousands of news stories were written about it. There is no law that leaders must disclose their tax returns, but the public expects that someone who seeks to lead a nation would go above and beyond the bare minimum legal requirements.
I am sad to say that we now face a similar situation in our country. The new Prime Minister refuses to give Canadians a public disclosure of his conflicts of interest. Even Justin Trudeau gave such a disclosure prior to becoming the Liberal Party leader.
Conservatives implore the Prime Minister today to look inside himself. Why is he taking another page out of Donald Trump's book? Why will he not disclose his conflicts? Does the answer have to do with offshore tax havens?