Conservatives Ask for Lobbying Probe Into Mark Carney’s Liberal Adviser Appointment

Conservative MP Michael Barrett awaits the start of a meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Jan. 17, 2024. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

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.