OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s chief of staff, Marc-André Blanchard, drew a sharp rebuke from Conservatives on Thursday when he compared Carney’s sprawling conflicts of interests to Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright’s situation.

Blanchard is one of two senior public servants who was called to testify at the ethics committee this week to discuss the review of the Conflict of Interest Act.

“Canadians chose Mark Carney as prime minister because of his deep experience in both the public and private sectors. In fact, they did not elect him in spite of his vast global private sector experience, but precisely because of it,” he said in his opening remarks.

“Canadians understood that if we are to build a stronger, more resilient economy, one worthy of being the stronges

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