Mr. Speaker, in response to part (a) of the question about who in the Office of the Prime Minister or the Privy Council Office is responsible for ensuring that the Prime Minister abides by the terms of the screen, the Prime Minister’s conflict of interest screen is administered by the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff and by the Clerk of the Privy Council. The administrators ensure that the Prime Minister is not made aware of, and does not participate in, a decision or matter for which the screen applies.
In response to part (b) regarding the date on which the screen was implemented, the Prime Minister placed all of his financial assets, other than personal real estate, into a blind trust, which was submitted to the Commissioner on March 9. His team delivered a full and robust conflict-of-interest management plan on that same timeline. It has been implemented since that time.
The Prime Minister’s finalized screen was dated July 10 and publicly disseminated on July 11, 2025.
In response to part (c) of the question on what day the Prime Minister notified the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner that the screen was in force, in collaboration with the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, a preliminary screen was put in place shortly following the Prime Minister being initially sworn into office in March, and then further refined. The Prime Minister’s finalized screen was dated July 10, 2025, and publicly disseminated on Friday, July 11, 2025.
Point (d) of the question asks what specific measures are in place to ensure that any actions taken by the Prime Minister do not directly benefit Brookfield Corporation, Brookfield Asset Management, or any other Brookfield entity. To support the Clerk in his role as one of the administrators, the Privy Council Office, in consultation with the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, has developed a process for identifying matters that could be subject to the screen. Where appropriate, the screen administrators may directly consult the Commissioner, and if the screen administrators and the Commissioner agree, the screen must be applied.
All products subject to the screen will be marked as such and not provided to the Prime Minister.Where the screen applies, the matter will be referred to another minister.
Where the screen is applied to a matter for discussion/decision by Cabinet or Cabinet committees chaired by the Prime Minister, the Vice-Chair will assume the role of Chair for any matters covered by the screen. Recusal under the Conflict of Interest Act requires the Prime Minister to remove himself physically or virtually from the meeting or discussion where the matter is being decided.
If the Prime Minister recuses himself from a discussion, he must make a public declaration of the recusal to the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner within 60 days after the day on which the recusal took place.
Part (e) of the question asks which other corporate entities, other than Brookfield, are covered by measures contained in the screen. The finalized screen applies to a list of companies detailed in Annex A of the screen.