Conservatives Ask Ethics Commissioner to Probe Carney’s Friendship With Telesat CEO
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has written a letter asking the ethics commissioner to investigate the relationship between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the CEO of Telesat, after Ottawa awarded a $2.3 billion contract to the satellite communications company. Jivani’s Oct. 30 letter to Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein, which Jivani publicized on Nov. 3, says [...]
TL;DR
- Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has asked the Ethics Commissioner to investigate Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- The investigation request stems from a $2.3 billion contract awarded to Telesat.
- Jivani is probing the relationship between Carney and Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg.
- Carney and Goldberg have a confirmed friendship of over two decades.
- Goldberg was a guest at Carney's swearing-in ceremony.