Conservatives request probe into Mark Carney’s appointment as Liberal adviser

In a letter to the commissioner of lobbying, Conservatives say the former Bank of Canada governor's corporate positions put him in several potential conflicts of interest

OTTAWA – The Conservatives have asked Canada’s lobbying commissioner to investigate whether it violates ethics rules for the prime minister to make Mark Carney his own personal adviser.

The Liberals announced at their recent caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., that Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor, had been appointed chair of a task force on economic growth and adviser to the Liberal leader.