David Johnston knows the issues of Conflict of Interest as well as any learned Judge. David Johnson is his own man and would never allow anyone including JT to « put » him in any position. Honour, Honesty, Integrity, Values trump Perception and this red herring.
It’s @JustinTrudeau who should be ashamed to have put an honourable man in this position. He knew Johnston was conflicted, from his friendship with his family to his past support of #confuciusinstitutes
He professes outrage while using the man as political cover. Appalling.
Kevin Vickers retweeted
Memo to Yellen and Powell (why didn’t he waive the blackout period???): To stem a crisis like this, you find buyers, not depositors. First Republic needs a real capital injection. Stop the game of playing small-ball already and start taking this seriously.
Reposol has come to the same eco mic conclusion for East Coast LNG port as Arthur Irving did on east coast oil pipeline years ago. Not economically viable. Unfortunate for New Brunswickers to have been so misled on this issue.
Kevin Vickers retweeted
Lagarde must believe that making the same policy mistake Trichet did in the summer of '08 is a wise thing to do. If Powell thinks this is the right course at the next FOMC meeting, the only trade is into long bonds because the recession is going to come into even fuller view.
Totally disagree with @acoyne and his Tweets. I know David Johnston. He is the essence of honesty and integrity. If Trudeau has down wrong, hiding information, took advantage of the situation, Johnston will kick his arse. Not a question in my mind.
Kevin Vickers retweeted
This is pretty appalling. The process is flawed - we don’t know the mandate or the powers of the role. But David Johnston deserves better than these as hominem attacks from people with less credibility than him.
But we are going to fire our Governor of the Bank of Canada right?
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IEA: “World oil supply should comfortably exceed demand in the first half of the year… Much of the supply overhang reflects ample Russian barrels racing to re-route to new destinations” — despite warnings it would buckle under international sanctions. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…








