According to regulatory filings for corporate insider, Morneau had more than 2 million Morneau Shepell shares when he resigned from the company after the 2015 election. After his office declined repeatedly to say how many shares Morneau has in that company, the finance minister revealed that he has “about a million” shares that he will now sell. As of Thursday afternoon, Morneau Shepell shares were selling for roughly $21 each on the Toronto Stock Exchange. That means, with about 1 million shares, the value of Morneau’s current assets in the company has jumped by roughly $5 million since he was elected. He also criticized ethics commissioner Mary Dawson for her interpretation of the law, which allowed Morneau to keep his family company shares without setting up a blind trust.

Source: thestar October 19, 2017 17:05 UTC